ethylene oxide
English
Noun
ethylene
oxide
(
uncountable
)
(
organic chemistry
)
The simplest
epoxide
; used as a
sterilizing
agent
and in the production of
ethylene glycol
.
Synonyms
EtO
(
abbreviation
)
Derived terms
EtO
(
abbreviation
)
Translations
simplest epoxide
Chinese:
Mandarin:
環氧乙烷
/
环氧乙烷
(zh)
(
huányǎngyǐwán
)
Dutch:
etheenoxide
(nl)
n
French:
oxyde d'éthylène
(fr)
m
,
dihydroxyrène
m
,
oxyde de diméthylène
(fr)
m
,
oxiranne
m
German:
Ethylenoxid
n
Japanese:
エチレンオキシド
(ja)
(
echirenokishido
)
Korean:
산화 에틸렌
(
sanhwa etillen
)
Latvian:
etilēnoksīds
Persian:
اتیلن اکساید
Spanish:
óxido de etileno
m
Swedish:
etenoxid