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MTBE

MTBE is the initialism of methyl tert-butyl ether.

Meaning of methyl tert-butyl ether

Noun

methyl tert-butyl ether (uncountable)

  1. C₅H₁₂O ; an organic compound used to increase octane numbers of gasoline, through added oxygen, as an anti-knock additive
    Synonyms:
    MTBE, methyl t-butyl ether, methyl tertiary butyl ether, 2-methoxy-2-methylpropane

Synonyms of MTBE

Questions about MTBE

What is MTBE the initialism of?
MTBE is the initialism of methyl tert-butyl ether.

Words near MTBE in the dictionary

  1. Mtarfa
  2. MTAs
  3. MTase
  4. MTases
  5. MTB
  6. MTBE
  7. MTBer
  8. MTBers
  9. MTBF
  10. MTBFs
  11. MTBs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: MTBE (page history and authors); methyl tert-butyl ether (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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