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ETHANOL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
ethanol; ethyl alcohol; fermentation alcohol; grain alcohol
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ethanol" is a kind of...):
alcohol (any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation)
plant product (a product made from plant material)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ethanol"):
spirits of wine (rectified ethyl alcohol)
absolute alcohol (pure ethyl alcohol (containing no more than 1% water))
denatured alcohol (ethyl alcohol that is unfit for drinking but is still useful for other purposes)
Holonyms ("ethanol" is a substance of...):
ethyl alcohol; neutral spirits (nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs)
gasohol (a gasoline substitute consisting of 90% gasoline and 10% grain alcohol from corn)
Context examples:
The type used to make alcoholic drinks is called ethyl alcohol (ethanol).
(Alcohol, NCI Dictionary)
Ethanol Metabolism consists of various biochemical detoxification reactions that convert ethanol to metabolic derivatives for elimination from the body.
(Ethanol Metabolism, NCI Thesaurus)
The hydrochloride is a synthetic, light sensitive, white crystalline powder that is soluble in dimethylsulfoxide and ethanol. o-Toluidine and o-toluidine hydrochloride are used primarily as intermediates in the manufacture of dyes and pigments.
(o-Toluidine, NCI Thesaurus)
The measurements were made between January and May 2011, when ethanol prices fluctuated sharply compared with gasoline prices.
(Ethanol to gasoline switch raises nanoparticles in air, SciDev.Net)
Preparation of a homeopathic substance with a ratio of one part original material to 1000 parts of carrier or solvent, traditionally lactose, water or ethanol.
(Millesimal Series of Attenuation, NCI Thesaurus)
The pyruvate produced has one of three metabolic fates, to either become acetyl-CoA, ethanol, or lactate.
(Glycolysis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Brazil is the greatest sugarcane producer in the world and the main exporter of ethanol, which also powers 40 per cent of vehicles in the country.
(Method that cuts sugarcane emissions gets global prize, SciDev.Net)
A synthetic, brick-red crystalline solid that is only slightly soluble in cold water and ethanol but is soluble in boiling water, acetic acid, glycerol, ethylene glycol and propylene glycol.
(Phenazopyridine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
A multistep purification process that isolates plasma proteins based upon the differential solubility of proteins in ethanol solutions.
(Plasma Protein Cold Ethanol Fractionation, NCI Thesaurus)
Also called alcohol ablation, ethanol ablation, and PEI.
(Percutaneous ethanol injection, NCI Dictionary)
