ethylene oxide

English

Noun

ethylene oxide (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) The simplest epoxide; used as a sterilizing agent and in the production of ethylene glycol.

Synonyms

• EtO (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• EtO (abbreviation)

Translations

simplest epoxide

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 環氧乙烷／环氧乙烷 (zh) (huányǎngyǐwán)

• Dutch: etheenoxide (nl) n
• French: oxyde d’éthylène (fr) m, dihydroxyrène m, oxyde de diméthylène (fr) m, oxiranne m
• German: Ethylenoxid n
• Japanese: エチレンオキシド (echirenokishido)
• Korean: 산화 에틸렌 (sanhwa etillen)
• Latvian: etilēnoksīds
• Persian: اتیلن اکساید
• Spanish: óxido de etileno m
• Swedish: etenoxid