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語源

From French uréthane, coined (1833) by Jean Baptiste Dumas. Etymonline proposes an apparent decomposition as urée +‎ éther +‎ -ane.

名詞

urethane (countable and uncountable, plural urethanes)

1. (organic chemistry, uncountable) A white crystalline organic compound, ethyl-carbamate, NH₂COOC₂H₅, used in the synthesis of other organic compounds.
2. (organic chemistry, countable) Any compound consisting of this general structure.
3. (informal) Polyurethane.
   • 2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate (2010), page 161:

     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.

同意語

• ethyl carbamate

派生語

関連する語

• polyurethane

動詞

urethane (third-person singular simple present urethanes, present participle urethaning, simple past and past participle urethaned)

1. (transitive) Synonym of polyurethane.

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