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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)

  1. (organic chemistry) To react with an ethyl compound so as to introduce one or more ethyl groups into a compound