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Any of the series of hydrocarbon groups or radicals derived from alkanes by the removal of a hydrogen atom, as methyl (—CH3), ethyl (—C2H5)…
= ethylene glycol n. at ethylene, n. compounds. More fully ethane-1,2-diol; also 1,2-ethanediol.
Subcategories:
— named, by number of carbon atoms (22)
— mono or univalent radicals (4)
— bivalent radicals (6)
— aromatic radicals (3)
— others (5)