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Webster 1913 Edition

Ethyl

Eth′yl

,

Noun.

[

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.)

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