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petroleum ether

noun

  1. a flammable, low-boiling hydrocarbon mixture produced by the fractional distillation of petroleum, used as a solvent.

petroleum ether

noun

  1. a volatile mixture of the higher alkane hydrocarbons, obtained as a fraction of petroleum and used as a solvent

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Word History and Origins

Origin of petroleum ether1

First recorded in 1865–70

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