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crown ethers

crown ethers is the plural of crown ether.

Meaning of crown ether

Noun

crown ether (plural crown ethers)

  1. any of a class of macrocyclic compounds containing repeat units of -CH₂CH₂O-
  2. any similar compound containing atoms of nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus or silicon instead of, or as well as, oxygen

Questions about crown ethers

What is crown ethers the plural of?
Crown ethers is the plural of crown ether.

Words near crown ethers in the dictionary

  1. crown daisy
  2. crown dependencies
  3. crown dependency
  4. Crown Estate
  5. crown ether
  6. crown ethers
  7. crown fire
  8. crown fires
  9. crown flash
  10. crown flashes
  11. crown flower

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