Glycol(n.) 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.
Glycol(n.) Any one of the large class of diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type.
Glycolic(a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid.
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