Hypertext Webster Gateway: "formaldehyde"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Formaldehyde \For*mal"de*hyde\, n. [Formic + aldehyde.] (Chem.)
A colorless, volatile liquid, {H2CO}, resembling acetic or
ethyl aldehyde, and chemically intermediate between methyl
alcohol and formic acid.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
formaldehyde
n : a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol
[syn: {methanal}]
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