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amylic

[uh-mil-ik]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characterized by the amyl group.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of amylic1

First recorded in 1855–60; amyl + -ic
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Example Sentences

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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.

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It is soluble in amylic alcohol, scarcely so in absolute alcohol.

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Chemically it is amylic ether.

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The filtrate, if shaken up with amylic alcohol, gives it in either case a red color.

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The behavior of the amylic alcohol, thus colored red, with hydrochloric acid and ammonia is characteristic.

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amyl groupamyl nitrite