Ethyl

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {Ethyl aldehyde}. (Chem.) See {Aldehyde}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ethyl
       n : 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