Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing the radical propyl: as, propylic alcohol.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, propyl.
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- adjective organic chemistry
propyl (attributive)
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Examples
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"In my hands ethylic alcohol and other bodies of the same group; viz. methylic, propylic, butylic, and amylic alcohols were tested purely from the physiological point of view.
Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Martha Meir Allen 1890
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