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Webster 1913 Edition


Dimethyl

Di-meth′yl

,
Noun.
[Pref.
di-
+
methyl
.]
(Chem.)
Ethane; – sometimes so called because regarded as consisting of two methyl radicals. See
Ethane
.

Definition 2024


dimethyl

dimethyl

See also: diméthyl

English

Noun

dimethyl (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) (in combination) Two methyl groups in a molecule.