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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO);
[syn: aldol, aldehyde-alcohol]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Aldol \Al"dol\, n. [Aldehyde + -ol as in alcohol.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid, C4H8O2, obtained by condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde: CH3CHO + CH3CHO = H3CH(OH)CH2CO; also, any of various derivatives of this. The same reaction has been applied, under the name of aldol condensation, to the production of many compounds. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

aldol n 1: an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO) [syn: aldol, aldehyde-alcohol]