methyl chloride

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a colorless, poisonous gas, CH 3 Cl, used chiefly as a refrigerant, as a local anesthetic, and as a methylating agent in organic synthesis.

methyl chloride

noun

1. a colourless gas with an ether-like odour, used as a refrigerant and anaesthetic. Formula: CH 3 Cl Systematic namechloromethane

Word History and Origins

Origin of methyl chloride¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

In fact, by stronger heating we may drive off all the methyl chloride and get the original Methyl Violet back again.

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The apparatus is immersed during the electrolysis in a bath of liquid methyl chloride, maintained in tranquil ebullition at -23.

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With the vapor of methyl chloride, as pointed out in the description of the electrolysis, violent explosions occur.

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There is the fact that methyl chloride could have produced the effect we felt.

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"We'll look up methyl chloride in the dictionary," he promised.

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