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absolute alcohol
absolute alcoholn. Ethyl alcohol containing no more than one percent water.absolute alcohol n (Chemistry) a liquid containing at least 99 per cent of pure ethanol by weight Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  absolute alcohol - pure ethyl alcohol (containing no more than 1% water)ethanol, ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol - 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; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline |
Translationsabsolute alcohol
absolute alcohol[′ab·sə‚lüt ′al·kə·hȯl] (organic chemistry) Ethyl alcohol that contains no more than 1% water. Also known as anhydrous alcohol. absolute alcohol
alcohol [al´kah-hol] 1. any organic compound containing the hydroxy (-OH) functional group except those in which the OH group is attached to an aromatic ring, which are called phenols. Alcohols are classified as primary, secondary, or tertiary according to whether the carbon atom to which the OH group is attached is bonded to one, two, or three other carbon atoms and as monohydric, dihydric, or trihydric according to whether they contain one, two, or three OH groups; the latter two are called diols and triols, respectively.ethanol.2. an official preparation of ethanol, used as a disinfectant, solvent, and preservative, and applied topically as a rubbing compound, disinfectant, astringent, hemostatic, and coolant.absolute alcohol dehydrated a.benzyl alcohol a colorless liquid used as a bacteriostatic in solutions for injection and as a topical local anesthetic.dehydrated alcohol an extremely hygroscopic" >hygroscopic, transparent, colorless, volatile liquid used as a solvent and injected into nerves and ganglia for relief of pain. Called also absolute a.denatured alcohol ethanol made unfit for human consumption by the addition of substances known as denaturants. Although it should never be taken internally, denatured alcohol is widely used on the skin as a disinfectant.ethyl alcohol (grain alcohol) ethanol.isopropyl alcohol a transparent, volatile colorless liquid used as a solvent and disinfectant and applied topically as an antiseptic; called also isopropanol. Diluted with water to approximately 70 per cent strength, it is called isopropyl rubbing alcohol and is used as a rubbing compound.methyl alcohol methanol.pantothenyl alcohol dexpanthenol.panthenol.phenethyl alcohol (phenylethyl alcohol) a colorless liquid used as an antimicrobial agent in pharmaceuticals.rubbing alcohol a preparation of acetone, methyl isobutyl ketone, and ethanol, used as a rubefacient.wood alcohol methanol.ab·so·lute al·co·hol1. 100% alcohol, water having been removed; Synonym(s): anhydrous alcohol2. alcohol with a minimum admixture of water, at most 1%. Synonym(s): dehydrated alcoholabsolute alcohol Ethanol that contains ≤ 1% water by weight; it is a critical working reagent in certain areas of the clinical lab, in particular histopathology, where it is required in certain steps of embedding tissues in paraffin.absolute alcohol Laboratory Ethanol that contains ≤ 1% water by weight; it is a critical working reagent in certain areas of the clinical laboratory, in particular histopathology, where it is required in certain steps of embedding tissues in paraffinabsolute alcohol Alcohol from which all water has been removed.ab·so·lute al·co·hol (ab-sō-lūt alkō-hol) A 100% alcohol, water having been removed.
Synonym(s): anhydrous alcohol. LegalSeeAlcoholabsolute alcohol
Related to absolute alcohol: Rectified spiritWords related to absolute alcoholnoun pure ethyl alcohol (containing no more than 1% water)Related Words- ethanol
- ethyl alcohol
- fermentation alcohol
- grain alcohol
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