ethanol
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
ethanol (uncountable)
- (organic compound) A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH3-CH2-OH.
- Specifically, this alcohol as a fuel.
- 2010 January 26, Ted Strickland, Ohio State of the State Address, 05:25–39:
- In 2007, not one drop of ethanol was produced in Ohio. Today, four ethanol facilities in Ohio are producing two hundred and ninety-five million gallons annually.
- 2010 January 26, Ted Strickland, Ohio State of the State Address, 05:25–39:
- (simple aliphatic alcohol) alcohol, ethyl alcohol, ethyl hydrate, ethyl hydroxide, ethylol, monohydroxyethane, grain alcohol, E1510 (when used as a food additive)
- French: éthanol
- German: Ethanol, Äthanol
- Italian: etanolo
- Portuguese: etanol
- Russian: э́танол
- Spanish: etanol
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