διαιθυλαιθέρας — meaning in English
diaithylaitheras
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English meaning
- ether noun A sweet-smelling, highly flammable liquid once widely used as an anaesthetic and still used as a solvent.
Senses
διαιθυλαιθέρας is used for these senses in English:
- diethyl ether (organic compound) 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.
- ether (uncountable, organic compound) Diethyl ether (C4H10O), an organic compound with a sweet odour used in the past as an anaesthetic.
ether — full definition
- noun A sweet-smelling, highly flammable liquid once widely used as an anaesthetic and still used as a solvent.
- noun The clear upper sky or heavens, especially in older or poetic usage; historically, a hypothetical substance once thought to fill space.
- noun The airwaves or broadcast medium through which radio, TV, or digital signals travel.