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petroleum ether
noun
a flammable, low-boiling hydrocarbon mixture produced by the fractional distillation of petroleum, used as a solvent.
Origin:
1865–70
1865–70
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| petroleum ether | |
| —n | |
| a volatile mixture of the higher alkane hydrocarbons, obtained as a fraction of petroleum and used as a solvent | |
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