dimethyl ether

See also: Dimethylether, dimethylether, and diméthyléther

English

Noun

dimethyl ether (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) The simplest ether; that derived from methanol (CH₃OCH₃)

Alternative forms

• dimethylether

 

Synonyms

• DME

 

Hypernyms

• carbon compound
• ether
• hydrogen compound
• molecule
• organic compound
• oxygen compound
• R-O-R

 

Coordinate terms

• diethyl ether
• methanol

 

Derived terms

• DME

 

Related terms

• di-
• dimethyl
• ether
• methan-
• methane
• methyl

 

Translations

dimethyl ether

• German: Dimethylether
• Persian: دی‌متیل اتر (di-metil eter)
• Romanian: dimetil eter, eter dimetilic
• Turkish: dimetil eter