Usage examples (9)

• "We purify the oil through a chemical process that uses methanol and sodium methylate to strip the glycerin out of the oil," Baker said.
• Especially while offspring are in utero, what their mothers do—or eat—can “methylate” particular genes in the offspring, changing how those genes behave.
• The explanation is that there is so much sulfide in the sediments as a result of years of accumulating wastes from sewage treatment plants, that the mercury is tightly bound to...
• Mercury in these consumers likely originates from estuaries, where conditions are conducive for bacteria to methylate mercury, or from the open ocean, where regions...