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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Relating to the combination of a radical of the ethylene group with a sulphur acid.

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

  • adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid so called.
  • adjective (Chem.) a liquid derivative of ethylsulphuric and sulphuric (thionic) acids, obtained by the action of sulphur trioxide on absolute alcohol.

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