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.
© Webster 1913.
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