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Meaning of methyl ether in English:

methyl ether

noun

Chemistry

  • 1Dimethyl ether, (CH₃)₂ O.

  • 2Any ether in which one of the groups attached to the oxygen atom is a methyl group.

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Henry Watts (1815–1884), chemist.