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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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.) See {Aldehyde}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ethyl
noun: the univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom [syn: {ethyl group}, {ethyl radical}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "ethyl": avgas, crude, crude oil, ethyl gas, fossil oil, gas, gasoline, high-octane gas, high-test, kerosene, lead-free gas, low-lead gas, motor oil, paraffin, petrol, petroleum, premium gas, regular, rock oil
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