methylic, a. Chem.
(mɪˈθɪlɪk)
[Orig. f. methylene) + -ic; the term methyl, to which the adj. was afterwards more normally referred, was introduced somewhat later. Cf. F. méthylique.]
Of or pertaining to methyl. Chiefly in names of compounds, in which methyl is more commonly used attributively.
| 1835 Kane in Rep. Brit. Assoc., Sections 43 Methylic æther. 1849 ― Elem. Chem. (ed. 2) 826 In its action upon other bodies this substance ranges itself completely with wine-alcohol, and it is hence frequently termed methylic alcohol. 1849 R. V. Dixon Heat i. 75 Amylic, ethylic, and methylic alcohol follow sensibly the same law of contraction. 1873 Watts Fownes' Chem. (ed. 11) 705 Methylic diethoxalate is easily decomposed by baryta-water. |