Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Related to or containing the radical ethyl: as, ethylic alcohol.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, ethyl.
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- adjective chemistry Pertaining to, derived from, or containing
ethyl .
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Examples
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The organic acids, formic and butyric acids may be detected by heating a sample of the glycerine in a test tube with alcohol and sulphuric acid, when, if present, compound ethers, such as ethylic formate and butyrate, the former smelling like peaches and the latter of pine-apple, will be formed.
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The bouquet, however, results from the admixture of aldehydes with one or more essential oils and various ethers, produced by combination of fatty and other acids with ethylic and other alcohols, and from these changes result the different ethers which constitute the bouquet of wine.
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= Ether = is a volatile liquid prepared from ethylic alcohol by interaction with sulphuric acid.
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= Purified ether = from which the ethylic alcohol has been removed by washing with distilled water, and most of the water by subsequent distillation in the presence of calcium chloride and lime.
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During the reaction, large quantities of volatile oxidation products of alcohol, such as aldehyde, ethylic nitrate, &c., are evolved from the boiling liquid, whilst others, such as glycollic acid, remain in solution.
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Hence ethylic alcohol of this strength is not suitable for distinguishing a sirup mixed with starch glucose from a _straight_ sugar-house sirup.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 Various
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The bouquet, however, results from the admixture of aldehydes with one or more essential oils and various ethers, produced by combination of fatty and other acids with ethylic and other alcohols, and from these changes result the different ethers which constitute the bouquet of wine.
The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken Philip E. Muskett
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Among this class are: pear essence (amylic and ethylic acetates); banana essence (a mixture of amyl acetate and ethyl butyrate), and others.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Alcohol is a liquid composed of ninety-one per cent by weight (94 by volume) of ethylic alcohol and of 9 per cent by weight (6 by volume) of water.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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During distillation of grain, unless very carefully conducted, considerable amylic alcohol (fusel oil) will pass over with the ethylic, especially if the process be continued too long.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
nethiel commented on the word ethylic
Ethylic was used in the context of oblivion.
June 7, 2009