Usually means: Two methyl groups attached together.
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  1. dimethyl: Merriam-Webster
  2. dimethyl: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. dimethyl: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Dimethyl, dimethyl: Wordnik
  5. dimethyl: Wiktionary
  6. dimethyl: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. dimethyl: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. dimethyl: Dictionary.com
  9. dimethyl: FreeDictionary.org
  10. dimethyl: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. dimethyl: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Dimethyl: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. Dimethyl: Online Plain Text English Dictionary

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  1. dimethyl: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. dimethyl: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (dimethyl)

▸ noun:  (organic chemistry) (in combination) Two methyl groups in a molecule.

Similar:
trimethyl, monomethyl, dimethylene, tetramethyl, dimethoxy, dihalomethyl, dimethylation, methyl, monomethoxy, methylal, more...

Opposite:
monomethyl, unmethylated, ethylated

Types:
diethyl, dipropyl, dibutyl, diphenyl, diisopropyl, dicyclohex, more...

Phrases:
dimethyl sulfoxide, dimethyl ether, dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl sulfate, dimethyl sulphoxide, more...

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Similar:
trimethyl, monomethyl, dimethylene, tetramethyl, dimethoxy, dihalomethyl, dimethylation, methyl, monomethoxy, methylal, more...

Opposite:
monomethyl, unmethylated, ethylated

Types:
diethyl, dipropyl, dibutyl, diphenyl, diisopropyl, dicyclohex, more...

Phrases:
dimethyl sulfoxide, dimethyl ether, dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl sulfate, dimethyl sulphoxide, Dimethyl phthalate, dimethyl terephthalate, Dimethyl disulfide, dimethyl carbonate, dimethyl ketone, more...



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