Glycol

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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