The Collaborative International Dictionary
ethane \eth"ane\ ([e^]th"[=a]n), n. [From Ether.] (Chem.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H6, forming a constituent of ordinary illuminating gas. It is the second member of the paraffin series, and its most important derivatives are common alcohol (ethyl alcohol), acetaldehyde, ether, and acetic acid. Called also dimethyl.
Wiktionary
n. (context organic chemistry English) (''in combination'') Two methyl groups in a molecule.
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Usage examples of "dimethyl".
So the medicos infused tissues with cryoprotective agents like glycerol and dimethyl sulfoxide.
She dodged past fifty-five gallon drums of carbon tetrachloride and dimethyl sulfate and burst through the rear door of the shop into an alley.
A toxic, corrosive substance, it is a blend of UDMH - unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine — and diethylene triamine.
Let them face, though, the Gehenna Gun and be fibrillated apart, or cross blades with the Electrosword, or stand before the Fountain Shield, with its spray of cyanide and dimethyl sulfoxide, and they will know that it is the Lokapalas they face!
Ricci swiftly bound over to him and pressed the squirter of the dimethyl sulfoxide cannister clenched in his gloved fist.