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Webster 1913 Edition
Ethylate
Eth′yl-ate
(ĕth′ĭl-ā̍t)
, Noun.
[From
Ethyl
.] (Chem.)
A compound derived from ethyl alcohol by the replacement of the hydroxyl hydrogen, after the manner of a hydrate; an ethyl alcoholate;
as, potassium
. ethylate
, C2H5.O.K
Definition 2024
ethylate
ethylate
English
Verb
ethylate (third-person singular simple present ethylates, present participle ethylating, simple past and past participle ethylated)
- (organic chemistry) To react with an ethyl compound so as to introduce one or more ethyl groups into a compound