etherin

English

Etymology

ether +‎ -in?

Noun

etherin (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) A white crystalline hydrocarbon, regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, obtained in heavy oil of wine, the residue left after making ether.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for etherin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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