acetal

2 definitions found

acetal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Acetal \Ac"e*tal\, n. [Acetic + alcohol.] (Chem.)
     A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow
     oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.
     [1913 Webster]

acetal - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  acetal
      n 1: any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to
           aldehyde molecules