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Definition: ETHERIFICATION

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The act or process of making ether; specifically, the process by which a large quantity of alcohol is transformed into ether by the agency of a small amount of sulphuric, or ethyl sulphuric, acid.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Etherification" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: ETHERIFICATION

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. The act or process of making ether; specifically, the process by which a large quantity of alcohol is transformed into ether by the agency of a small amount of sulphuric, or ethyl sulphuric, acid.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "ETHERIFICATION" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)