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diethyl ether

[ dahy-eth-uhl ]

noun

Chemistry.


diethyl ether

/ 岹ɪˈɛθɪ /

noun

  1. a formal name for ether
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of diethyl ether1

First recorded in 1925–30; di- 1 + ethyl
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But when exposed to diethyl ether gas, the plant slumbers.

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His passage through customs was an interesting one as nitric acid and diethyl ether are controlled substances, yet both essential in the production of photographic plates when using the wet collodion process.

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It can be extracted from the organic solvent diethyl ether by washing with a polar solution like water.

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I picked out the pungent, aromatic odor of toluene and the hospital smell of diethyl ether, and I thought I could detect the heavy odor of lauryl alcohol.

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We still do not understand how it works, or why so many structurally unrelated chemicals – diethyl ether, chloroform, halothane, isoflurane, and even the inert noble gas xenon – all knock out animals equally well.

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