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Definition :

The organic compound C2H5OH the common alcohol which is the intoxicating agent in beer wine and other fermented and distilled liquors called also ethyl alcohol It is used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions or mixed in gasoline as a fuel for automobiles and as a rocket fuel as in the V 2 rocket