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ethyl

English

Etymology

From German Ethyl, from Ether + -yl.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /???a?l/, /????l/, /?i??a?l/, /?i???l/
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /????l/
  • Homophone: Ethel (for one pronunciation of ethyl)
  • Rhymes: -???l

Noun

ethyl (plural ethyls)

  1. (organic chemistry) The univalent hydrocarbon radical, C2H5, formally derived from ethane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.

Synonyms

  • E (acronymizing abbreviation)
  • Et (chemical shorthand, found in chemical formulae)
  • (C?H?)

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • Lethy, Lythe, lyeth, lythe, they'l, thyle

Dutch

Etymology

From eth- +? -yl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e??til/
  • Hyphenation: ethyl
  • Rhymes: -il

Noun

ethyl n (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) ethyl

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ethylene

English

Etymology

From ethyl +? -ene.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?????li?n/
  • (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /?????li?n/

Noun

ethylene (countable and uncountable, plural ethylenes)

  1. (organic chemistry) The common name for the organic chemical compound ethene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C2H4.
  2. (organic chemistry) The divalent radical derived from ethane.

Synonyms

  • (IUPAC name): ethene
  • olefiant gas (obsolete)

Derived terms

Translations

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