Ethyl

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(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.

Noun

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ethyl - the univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom Synonyms: ethyl group, ethyl radical

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