Found 2 items, similar to ethyl alcohol.
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Definition: ethyl alcohol
ethyl alcohol
n 1: the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors;
used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and
colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel;
proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to
gasoline [syn:
ethanol,
fermentation alcohol,
grain alcohol
]
2: nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for
blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and
liqueurs [syn:
neutral spirits]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: ethyl alcohol
Alcohol
\Al"co*hol\ ([a^]l"k[-o]*h[o^]l), n. [Cf. F. alcool,
formerly written alcohol, Sp. alcohol alcohol, antimony,
galena, OSp. alcofol; all fr. Ar. al-kohl a powder of
antimony or galena, to paint the eyebrows with. The name was
afterwards applied, on account of the fineness of this
powder, to highly rectified spirits, a signification unknown
in Arabia. The Sp. word has both meanings. Cf.
Alquifou.]
1. An impalpable powder. [Obs.]
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2. The fluid essence or pure spirit obtained by distillation.
[Obs.] --Boyle.
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3. Pure spirit of wine; pure or highly rectified spirit
(called also
ethyl alcohol or
ethanol,
CH3.CH2.OH);
the spirituous or intoxicating element of fermented or
distilled liquors, or more loosely a liquid containing it
in considerable quantity. It is extracted by simple
distillation from various vegetable juices and infusions
of a saccharine nature, which have undergone vinous
fermentation.
Note: [The ferementation is usually carried out by addition
of brewer's yeast,
Saccharomyces cerevisiae to an
aqueous solution containing carbohydrates.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Note: As used in the U. S. ``Pharmacop[oe]ia,'' alcohol
contains 91 per cent by weight of ethyl alcohol and 9
per cent of water; and diluted alcohol (proof spirit)
contains 45.5 per cent by weight of ethyl alcohol and
54.5 per cent of water.
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4. (Organic Chem.) A class of compounds analogous to vinic
alcohol in constitution. Chemically speaking, they are
hydroxides of certain organic radicals; as, the radical
ethyl forms common or
ethyl alcohol (
C2H5.OH); methyl
forms
methyl alcohol (
CH3.OH) or
wood spirit; amyl
forms
amyl alcohol (
C5H11.OH) or
fusel oil, etc.
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Alcohol
\Al"co*hol\ ([a^]l"k[-o]*h[o^]l), n. [Cf. F. alcool,
formerly written alcohol, Sp. alcohol alcohol, antimony,
galena, OSp. alcofol; all fr. Ar. al-kohl a powder of
antimony or galena, to paint the eyebrows with. The name was
afterwards applied, on account of the fineness of this
powder, to highly rectified spirits, a signification unknown
in Arabia. The Sp. word has both meanings. Cf.
Alquifou.]
1. An impalpable powder. [Obs.]
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2. The fluid essence or pure spirit obtained by distillation.
[Obs.] --Boyle.
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3. Pure spirit of wine; pure or highly rectified spirit
(called also
ethyl alcohol or
ethanol,
CH3.CH2.OH);
the spirituous or intoxicating element of fermented or
distilled liquors, or more loosely a liquid containing it
in considerable quantity. It is extracted by simple
distillation from various vegetable juices and infusions
of a saccharine nature, which have undergone vinous
fermentation.
Note: [The ferementation is usually carried out by addition
of brewer's yeast,
Saccharomyces cerevisiae to an
aqueous solution containing carbohydrates.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Note: As used in the U. S. ``Pharmacop[oe]ia,'' alcohol
contains 91 per cent by weight of ethyl alcohol and 9
per cent of water; and diluted alcohol (proof spirit)
contains 45.5 per cent by weight of ethyl alcohol and
54.5 per cent of water.
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4. (Organic Chem.) A class of compounds analogous to vinic
alcohol in constitution. Chemically speaking, they are
hydroxides of certain organic radicals; as, the radical
ethyl forms common or
ethyl alcohol (
C2H5.OH); methyl
forms
methyl alcohol (
CH3.OH) or
wood spirit; amyl
forms
amyl alcohol (
C5H11.OH) or
fusel oil, etc.
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ethanol
\eth"an*ol\ ([e^]th"[a^]n*[add]l), n. (Chem.)
The organic compound
C2H5.OH, the common
alcohol which is
the intoxicating agent in beer, wine, and other fermented and
distilled liquors; called also
ethyl alcohol. It is used
pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes
and cleaning solutions, or mixed in gasoline as a fuel for
automobiles, and as a rocket fuel (as in the V-2 rocket).
Syn: ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol.
[WordNet 1.5]
ethyl alcohol
\ethyl alcohol\ n. (Chem.)
the organic compound
C2H5.OH, which is the intoxicating
agent in beer, wine, and other fermented and distilled
liquors; it is used pure or denatured as a solvent or in
medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket
fuel.
Syn: ethanol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol.
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