glycol

2 definitions found

glycol - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Glycol \Gly"col\, n. [Glycerin + -ol. See Glycerin.] (Chem.)
     (a) A thick, colorless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish
         taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene
         compounds. It is a diacid alcohol, intermediate between
         ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin.
         [1913 Webster]

glycol - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  glycol
      n 1: a sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze
           and solvent [syn: ethylene glycol, glycol,
           ethanediol]
      2: any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each
         molecule [syn: diol, glycol, dihydric alcohol]