Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To introduce the ethyl group into (a compound).

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as alcoholate.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A compound derived from ethyl alcohol by the replacement of the hydroxyl hydrogen, after the manner of a hydrate; an ethyl alcoholate.
  • transitive verb (Chem.) To treat in such a way as to cause the introduction of one or more ethyl groups, C2H5-.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb organic chemistry To react with an ethyl compound so as to introduce one or more ethyl groups into a compound

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word ethylate.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.