The present participle of ethylate; describing the ongoing process of adding ethyl groups to molecules.
From ethylate with the -ing suffix indicating continuous or in-progress action.
An ethylating agent (like ethyl iodide) is literally a chemical 'bullet' that chemists fire at molecules to permanently change them—it's how scientists create entirely new compounds that don't exist in nature.
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