diethyl ether

di·eth·yl ether

 (dī-ĕth′əl)

n.

See ether.

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diethyl ether

(daɪˈɛθɪl)

n

1. (Elements & Compounds) a formal name for ether¹

2. (Medicine) a formal name for ether¹

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e•ther

(ˈi θər)

n.

1.

a. Also called ethyl ether. a colorless, highly volatile, flammable liquid, C₄H₁₀O, having an aromatic odor and sweet burning taste, used as a solvent and formerly as an inhalant anesthetic.

b. (formerly) one of a class of compounds in which two organic groups are attached directly to an oxygen atom, having the general formula ROR.

2. upper regions of space; the clear sky; the heavens.

3. the medium supposed by the ancients to fill the upper regions of space.

4. a substance formerly supposed to occupy all space, accounting for the propagation of electromagnetic radiation through space.

[1350–1400; < Latin aethēr the upper air, ether < Greek aithḗr, akin to aíthein to glow, burn]

e•ther•ic (ɪˈθɛr ɪk, ɪˈθɪər-) adj.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

diethyl ether - a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic divinyl ether, ethoxyethane, ethyl ether, vinyl ether, ether enflurane, Ethrane - a nonflammable liquid (trade name Ethrane) used as an inhalation general anesthetic inhalation anaesthetic, inhalation anesthetic, inhalation general anaesthetic, inhalation general anesthetic - a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled

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Translations

Diethylether

etere dietilico