glycol : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: glycol	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for glycol
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glycol n a sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent Synonym(s): ethylene glycol, glycol, ethanediol any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule Synonym(s): diol, glycol, dihydric alcohol
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.