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ethyl - 7 dictionary results

eth⋅yl

[eth-uhl]
–adjective
1. Chemistry. containing the ethyl group, as ethyl ether, C4H10O.
–noun
2. a type of antiknock fluid, containing tetraethyl lead and other ingredients for a more even combustion.

Origin:
< G Ethyl, coined by J. von Liebig in 1834; see ether, -yl
eth·yl   (ěth'əl)   
n.  A univalent organic radical, C2H5.

[eth(er) + -yl.]
eth·yl'ic (ě-thĭl'ĭk) adj.

Ethyl

Eth"yl\, n. [Ether + -yl.] (Chem.) A monatomic, hydrocarbon radical, C2H5 of the paraffin series, forming the essential radical of ethane, and of common alcohol and ether.

Ethyl aldehyde. (Chem.) See Aldehyde.

ethyl 
1838, modeled on Ger. äthyl, from Gk. aither (see ether) + hyle "stuff." Ethylene is from 1852; ethane first recorded 1873.

Main Entry: eth·yl
Pronunciation: 'eth-&l, Brit also 'E-"thIl
Function: noun
: a monovalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5eth·yl·ic /e-'thil-ik/ adjective

ethyl eth·yl (ěth'əl)
n.
The univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5.

ethyl   (ěth'əl)  Pronunciation Key 
The radical C2H5, derived from ethane.
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