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diethyl ether en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A clear, colorless, highly flammable liquid with a low boiling point and chemical formula CH₃-CH₂-O-CH₂-CH₃. Used as a solvent and in the past as a general anesthetic.
    • Volatiles of kecap manis and its raw materials were extracted using Likens-Nickerson apparatus with diethyl ether as the extraction solvent. The extracts were then dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated using a rotary evaporator followed by flushing using nitrogen until the volume was about 0.5 ml. 1997, A. J. Taylor, D. S. Mothram, editors, Flavour Science: Recent Developments, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 63:

Synonyms

ethyl ether · ether · ethyl oxide · ethoxyethane

Translations (15)

de Diethylether (diethyl ether) · fi dietyylieetteri (diethyl ether) · it etere dietilico (diethyl ether) · eo duetila etero (diethyl ether) · ro eter etilic (diethyl ether) · cmn 乙醚 (diethyl ether) · el διαιθυλαιθέρας (diethyl ether) · ru диэти́ловый эфи́р (diethyl ether) · tr dietil eter (diethyl ether) · es dietiléter (diethyl ether) · ro dietil eter (diethyl ether) · ro eter dietilic (diethyl ether) · ja ジエチルエーテル (diethyl ether) · fa دیاتیل اتر (diethyl ether) · pl eter dietylowy (diethyl ether)