Usually means: Chemical group containing one carbon.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. methyl: Merriam-Webster
  2. methyl: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. methyl: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. methyl: Collins English Dictionary
  5. methyl: Vocabulary.com
  6. Methyl, methyl: Wordnik
  7. methyl, methyl-: Wiktionary
  8. methyl: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. methyl: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. methyl: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. methyl, methyl-: Dictionary.com
  12. methyl: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Methyl: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Methyl: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. methyl: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. Methyl: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. methyl: FreeDictionary.org
  18. methyl: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. methyl: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. methyl: Rhymezone

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. methyl-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. methyl: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. methyl: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. methyl: Medical dictionary
  4. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Methyl: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry
  2. General Chemistry Online (No longer online)

(Note: See methylic as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (methyl)

▸ noun:  (organic chemistry) The univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH₃-, formally derived from methane by the loss of a hydrogen atom; a compound or part of a compound formed by the attachment of such a radical.

Similar:
Methyl group, Methyl radical, methenyl, methylthio, methylidene, dimethyl, methide, methoxy, dichloromethyl, methyl chloride, more...

Opposite:
ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl

Types:
methyl alcohol, methyl chloride, methyl bromide, methyl iodide, methylene chloride, more...

Phrases:
Methyl group, methyl methacrylate, methyl alcohol, methyl ester, methyl bromide, more...

Adjectives:
catechol, hydroxy, demeton, thiophanate, styrene, diclofop, hydroxyindole, free, tri, mono, alpha


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Similar:
Methyl group, Methyl radical, methenyl, methylthio, methylidene, dimethyl, methide, methoxy, dichloromethyl, methyl chloride, more...

Opposite:
ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl

Types:
methyl alcohol, methyl chloride, methyl bromide, methyl iodide, methylene chloride, more...

Phrases:
Methyl group, methyl methacrylate, methyl alcohol, methyl ester, methyl bromide, methyl chloride, methyl mercury, methyl ether, methyl orange, Methyl red, methyl iodide, methyl cellulose, methyl salicylate, more...

Adjectives:
catechol, hydroxy, demeton, thiophanate, styrene, diclofop, hydroxyindole, free, tri, mono, alpha



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