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- noun Plural form of
polyether .
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In 1967, Charles J. Pedersen published two works, which have now become classics, describing methods of synthesising cyclic polyethers, which he named crown ethers.
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Pretty soon a whole family of "aromatic polymers" had arisen: aromatic polyamides, polycarbonates, polyethers, polysulfanes.
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
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