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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A colorless volatile liquid, C2H7N, with a strong ammoniacal odor, used in petroleum refining and detergents and in organic synthesis.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An organic base formed by the substitution of ethyl for all or part of the hydrogen of ammonia.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A colorless, mobile, inflammable liquid, C2H5.NH2, very volatile and with an ammoniacal odor. It is a strong base, and is a derivative of ammonia. Called also ethyl carbamine, and amido ethane.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun chemistry a colourless, volatile liquid amine, CH3.CH2.NH2 having many industrial applications

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Examples

  • Laboratory experiments have also been carried out on such different nitrogenous substances as ethylamine, thiocyanates, gelatin, urea, asparagin, and albuminoids of milk.

    Manures and the principles of manuring Charles Morton Aikman

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  • Chocolate contains phenyl ethylamine, a mild mood elevator; as well as the carbohydrates in chocolate raise serotonin levels in the brain, resulting in a sense of well-being.

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  • Phenyl-ethylamine, which raises your nervous system could yield reactions matching -- all joking aside -- ranking next to your latest crush. .it is that STRONG.

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  • (CH_ {3} NH_ {2}) and ethylamine (C_ {2} H_ {5} NH_ {2}).

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

  • (aH44A mutant, works as catalytic base [59]) [59] ethylamine

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