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An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or inorganic; thus the natural fats are esters of glycerin and the fatty acids, oleic, etc.

An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or inorganic; thus the natural fats are esters of glycerin and the fatty acids, oleic, etc.

Compound ether, a substance produced by the substitution of the hydrogen in an acid by a hydrocarbon radical; it is an alcohol "salt".

Any compound ether which has an acid and an alcohol radical.

Any organic compound formed from an acid and an alcohol, which is made to unite in such a way that one molecule of water is extracted. The term is often confused with ether.