glycol

[ glahy-kawl, -kol ]

noun

1. Also called ethylene glycol,. a colorless, sweet liquid, C 2 H 6 O 2 , used chiefly as an automobile antifreeze and as a solvent.
2. Also called diol. any of a group of alcohols containing two hydroxyl groups.

glycol

/ ɡlaɪˈkɒlɪk; ˈɡlaɪkɒl /

noun

1. See diol, ethanediol
   another name (not in technical usage) for ethanediol diol

glycol

/ glī′kôl′,-kōl′ /

1. See ethylene glycol
2. Any of various alcohols containing two hydroxyl groups (OH).

Derived Forms

• glycolic, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of glycol¹

First recorded in 1855–60; glyc(erin) + (alcoh)ol

Example Sentences

You’ll be inhaling a cloud of other ingredients, too, such propylene glycol and vegetable glycerine.

From Science News For Students

It has even been used as a drip to counteract poisoning from ethylene glycol, a toxic ingredient in antifreeze that causes kidney failure when ingested.

From Popular-Science

The nanorods in the new method are composed of magnetic iron oxide instead of gold, and they are coated with citric acid instead of ethylene glycol — but they have the same size and shape as the earlier nanorods.

From No Straight News

To see why this is important, consider propyplene glycol, which is used to de-ice aircraft.

From Popular-Science

One key ingredient of the stuff: Propylene glycol, a synthetic liquid that absorbs water.

From The Daily Beast

Propylene glycol is used for a variety of industrial, cosmetic, and food production uses.

From The Daily Beast

The European formula for Fireball has even less: under one gram per kilogram of propylene glycol.

From The Daily Beast

Propylene glycol has been used as the base for fog machine liquids and in nebulizers for decades.

From The Daily Beast

The major point is that we have no studies that show the safety of propylene glycol when inhaled over the long term.

From The Daily Beast

It may also be prepared by oxidizing the trimethylene glycol obtained by the action of hydrobromic acid on allylbromide.

From Project Gutenberg

The water formed and the glycol-chlorhydrine distill over and are collected in tubulated receivers.

From Project Gutenberg

Glycol is heated in a distillery apparatus to 148 C., and a slow current of dry hydrochloric acid passed through it.

From Project Gutenberg

On boiling with water, it decomposes into glycol and trimethylamine.

From Project Gutenberg

No glycollic acid, oxalic acid, glycol, or glycerol was produced.

From Project Gutenberg