urethane
verbEtymology From French uréthane, coined (1833) by Jean Baptiste Dumas. Etymonline proposes an apparent decomposition as urée + éther + -ane.
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Synonym of polyurethane.
urethane
nounEtymology From French uréthane, coined (1833) by Jean Baptiste Dumas. Etymonline proposes an apparent decomposition as urée + éther + -ane.
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Organic chemistry, Physical sciences A white crystalline organic compound, ethyl-carbamate, NH₂COOC₂H₅, used in the synthesis of other organic compounds.
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Organic chemistry, Physical sciences Any compound consisting of this general structure.
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Informal Polyurethane.
- He doesn’t remember polishing off the bottle of slivovitz that stands empty on the scratched urethane surface of the oak-veneer tabletop, next to the wing chair.2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate (2010), page 161:
- Synonyms
- ethyl carbamate
- Derived terms
- ethyl urethane
- Related terms
- polyurethane