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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Methylal  \Meth"yl*al\,  n.  [Methylene  +  alcohol.]  (Chem.) 
  A  light,  volatile  liquid,  {H2C(OCH3)2},  regarded  as  a  complex 
  ether,  and  having  a  pleasant  ethereal  odor.  It  is  obtained  by 
  the  partial  oxidation  of  methyl  alcohol.  Called  also 
  {formal}. 

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