| Meaning | A colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol. | |
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| Synonym | formaldehyde | |
| Broader | aldehyde | Any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds |
| gas | A fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely | |
| Spanish | formaldehido, formaldehído, metanal | |
| Catalan | formaldehid, metanal | |
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