diethyl ether

[dahy-eth-uh l] /daɪˈɛθ əl/
noun, Chemistry
1.
ether (def 1).
Origin
1925-30; di-1 + ethyl
British Dictionary definitions for diethyl ether

diethyl ether

/daɪˈɛθɪl/
noun
1.
a formal name for ether (sense 1)
diethyl ether in Medicine

diethyl ether di·eth·yl ether (dī-ěth'əl)
n.
A pungent, volatile, highly flammable liquid derived from the distillation of ethyl alcohol with sulfuric acid and widely used as an inhalation anesthetic. Also called ethyl ether, ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether.

diethyl ether in Science
diethyl ether
  (dī-ěth'əl)   
See ether.
Encyclopedia Article for diethyl ether

well-known anesthetic, commonly called simply ether, an organic compound belonging to a large group of compounds called ethers; its molecular structure consists of two ethyl groups linked through an oxygen atom, as in C2H5OC2H5.

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