noun
- plural of cresol; organic chemical compounds derived from coal tar or petroleum, used in disinfectants and as industrial solvents
Usage: chemistry; technical
Examples
- The laboratory stored various cresols in sealed containers.
- Cresols are commonly used in the production of antioxidants.
- The disinfectant contained a mixture of different cresols.
- Industrial processes often utilize cresols as chemical intermediates.
- The chemist analyzed the purity of the cresols using spectroscopy.
- Cresols can be extracted from coal tar through distillation.