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ethylating

ethylating is the present participle and gerund of ethylate.

Meaning of ethylate

Verb

ethylate (third-person singular simple present ethylates, present participle ethylating, simple past and past participle ethylated)

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

Adjective

ethylating (comparative more ethylating, superlative most ethylating)

  1. That serves to ethylate

Forms of ethylating

comparativemore ethylating
superlativemost ethylating

Questions about ethylating

What does ethylating mean?
Ethylating means that serves to ethylate.
What is ethylating the present participle and gerund of?
Ethylating is the present participle and gerund of ethylate.
What part of speech is ethylating?
Ethylating is an adjective.

Words near ethylating in the dictionary

  1. ethylarene
  2. ethylarenes
  3. ethylate
  4. ethylated
  5. ethylates
  6. ethylating
  7. ethylation
  8. ethylations
  9. ethylbenzene
  10. ethylbenzenehydroperoxide
  11. ethylbenzenes

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