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Definition: Ethanol |
EthanolNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Agriculture | C2H5OH; the alcohol product of carbohydrate fermentation used in alcoholic beverages and for industrial purposes (also known as ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol). It is blended with gasoline to make gasohol. In the 1998/99 corn marketing year, about 540 million bushels (5.5%% of the corn crop and 7.2% of domestic use) will be used to produce about 1.5 billion gallons of ethanol. (references) |
Energy | A liquid that is produced chemically from ethylene or biologicallyfrom the fermentation of various sugars from carbohydrates found in agriculturalcrops and cellulosic residues from crops or wood. Used in the United States as agasoline octane enhancer and oxygenate, it increases octane 2.5 to 3.0 numbers at 10percent concentration. Ethanol can also be used in higher concentration (E85) invehicles optimized for its use. (also know as Ethyl Alcohol or Grain Alcohol,CH3CH2OH). (references) |
Environment | An alternative automotive fuel derived from grain and corn; usually blended with gasoline to form gasohol. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Product of the fermentation of sugar by yeasts and, next to water, quantitarively the most important liquid constituent of wine. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | A clear, colorless liquid rapidly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and distributed throughout the body. It has bactericidal activity and is used often as a topical disinfectant. It is widely used as a solvent and preservative in pharmaceutical preparations as well as serving as the primary ingredient in alcoholic beverages. (references) |
Mining | See:alcohol. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: EthanolSynonyms: ethyl alcohol (n), fermentation alcohol (n), grain alcohol (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Fuel | Oil, petroleum, gasoline, high octane gasoline, nitromethane, petrol, gas, juice, gasohol, alcohol, ethanol, methanol, fuel oil, kerosene, jet fuel, heating oil, number oil, number oil, naphtha; rocket fuel, high specific impulse fuel, liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen, lox. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Ethanol |
| English words defined with "ethanol": boric acid ♦ Coffey still ♦ ethyl acetate ♦ fixative ♦ orthoboric acid ♦ rubbing alcohol ♦ shellac, shellac varnish. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ethanol": additives, Alcohol Dehydrogenase, Alcoholic Beverages, Alcoholic Intoxication, Alcohol-Induced Disorders, Nervous System, Alternative fuels ♦ Bioconversion, Biofuel, Biomass Fuel ♦ Caribbean Basin Initiative, Citalopram, CLEAN FUEL VEHICLE, Clean Fuels, Coproducts ♦ Ethanol - Ethyl alcohol, ETHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER ♦ FLEXIBLE FUEL VEHICLE, Fuel Grade Alcohol ♦ Gasahol ♦ liquids from biomass ♦ Oxygenates ♦ phenyl ethanol, positional nystagmus, Pyruvate Decarboxylase ♦ Wet-milling. (references) |
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 | Total per capital ethanol consumption, United States, 1935-98.Credit: NIAA. |  | Per capita ethanol consumption by beverage type, United States, 1977-98.Credit: NIAA. |
 | Percent change in per capita ethanol consumption, United States, 1977-98.Credit: NIAA. |  | Apparent per capita alcohol consumption in gallons of ethanol for population 14 years and older by state, United States, 1996.Credit: NIAA. |
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Health | Some agents (e.g., sodium chloride, epinephrine, and ethanol) appear promising for early control of bleeding. (references) | |
Business | The quality of calcium salts using ethanol as a solvent are of poor quality and in short supply in the domestic market. (references) | |
Although the figures provided by the government and by the Italian Automotive Club (ACI) vary, it would appear that a basic estimate of about 9.5 million of these non-catalyzed automobiles can run on unleaded or "green" fuel, and approximately another 4 million must undergo some modifications so as to run with "green fuel" in conjunction with the use additives such as Etbe, an ecological additive that is derived from ethanol. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Ethanol" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.75% of the time. "Ethanol" is used about 402 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.75% | 401 | 13,953 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 402 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "ethanol": phenyl ethanol. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "ethanol": ethanol-acetic, ethanol-fixed, ethanol-precipitated, ethanol-water. | |
Ending with "ethanol": bio-ethanol, butoxi-ethanol, disulfiram-ethanol. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "ethanol"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 对氨基苯"酸二. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ethanol (ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol, ethylic alcohol, ordinary alcohol), vinsprit (ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol), æthylalkohol (ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol), ætanol (ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ethylalcohol (ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol, ethylic alcohol, ordinary alcohol), ethanol (ethyl alcohol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | الکل معمولی , الکل اتیلیک . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | etyylialkoholi (ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol), etanoli (ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol), alkoholi (alcohol, ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol, spirit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ethanol, esprit de vin (ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol), méthylcarbinol (ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol), alcool ordinaire (ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol), alcool de vin (ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol), alcool éthylique (ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol, ethylic alcohol), éthanol (ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Weingeist (ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol), Äthylalkohol (ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol), Äthanol (ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αιθυλική αλκοόλη (ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol, ethylic alcohol, ordinary alcohol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | etilalkohol (ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol), etanol (ethyl alcohol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | etanolo, spirito di vino (ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol), alcole ordinario,etanolo (ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol), alcole etilico (ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol, ethylic alcohol, ordinary alcohol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | エタクリン酸 (ethacrynic acid, Ethiopia, ethyl alcohol, ethylene, etiquette, etude). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | エチルアルコール (ethyl alcohol), エタノール . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 에타놀. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ethanolay etanol (ether, ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol), etésio, espírito de vinho (ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol), álcool ordinário (ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol), álcool etílico (ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol, ethylbenzene, ordinary alcohol). (various references) etanol (acetaldehyde, acetic aldehyde, ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol). (various references) etanol (ethyl alcohol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol). (various references) เอธิลอัลกอฮอล์. (various references) етиловий спирт. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "ethanol": ethanolamine, ethanolamines, ethanols. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ethanol": methanol. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ethanol": methanols, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylethanolamines. (additional references) | |
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"Ethanol" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: athenor, ethanal, ethanhol, Ethanim, ethanl, ethanols, etheno, ethenol, ethnol, Ketkanok, mthanol, thanol, Thingol. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: anethol. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-l-n-o-t" | |
-1 letter: enhalo, etalon, hantle, loathe, thenal, tolane. | |
-2 letters: alone, altho, anole, atone, haole, helot, hotel, laten, lathe, leant, lento, loath, lotah, neath, notal, oaten, talon, thane, thole, tolan, tonal. | |
-3 letters: aeon, aloe, alto, ante, eath, elan, enol, etna, haen, haet, hale, halo, halt, hant, hate, heal, heat, helo, hent, hole, holt, hone, lane, late. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-l-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: anethole, anethols, ethanols, halftone, hotelman, methanol. | |
+2 letters: anetholes, anthelion, chelation, decathlon, hailstone, halftones, halogeton, halothane, loathness, methanols, nonlethal, phenolate. | |
+3 letters: anthelions, chelations, chlorinate, coelacanth, decathlons, endothelia, exhalation, hailstones, halogenate, halogetons, halothanes, heptagonal, houseplant, inchoately, lithophane, motherland, nonathlete, nonethical, nonthermal, pentathlon, phenolated, phenolates, theologian, thiopental. | |
+4 letters: abhorrently, abolishment, anthologies, anthologize, cephalothin, chlorinated, chlorinates, coelacanths, endothelial, exhalations, glutathione, halogenated, halogenates, hematoxylin, houseplants, hypocentral, lionhearted, lithophanes, loathnesses, lycanthrope, mentholated, methylation, motherlands, nonathletes, nonathletic, pentathlons, phantomlike, phytoalexin, stenohaline, theologians, thiopentals, untouchable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 74 68 61 6E 6F 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). - .... .- -. --- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110100 01101000 01100001 01101110 01101111 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E t h a n o l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0074 0068 0061 006E 006F 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39867467808178 |
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