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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A colorless oil, (C2H5)2S2, prepared by the distillation of a mixture of potassium ethyl sulphate, potassium disulphid, and water. It boils at 152.8–153.4° C. under 730 millimeters pressure and has an odor of garlic. Also called diethyl sulphid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A colorless oily liquid, (C2H5)2S2, having a strong garlic odor; -- called also ethyl disulphide. By extension, any one of the series of related compounds.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete, organic chemistry diethyldisulfide (C2H5)2S2

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