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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom [syn: ethyl, ethyl group, ethyl radical]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: German Ethyl (now Äthyl), from Äther ether + -yl Date: 1838 an alkyl radical CH₃CH₂– derived from ethane • ethylic adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (attrib.) Chem. the univalent radical derived from ethane by removal of a hydrogen atom (ethyl alcohol). Etymology: G (as ETHER, -YL)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

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