(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:09:04

Me*tal"de*hyde (?), n. [Pref. met- + aldehyde.] Chem.

A white crystalline substance isomeric with, and obtained from, acetic aldehyde by polymerization, and reconvertible into the same.

 

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