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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An alkoxide derived from methanol.

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  • noun chemistry The anion CH3O− derived from methanol by the loss of a proton.
  • noun chemistry Any salt of this anion.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[meth- : oxide.]

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