epoxide

Noun

 * 1)  Any of a class of organic compound, cyclic ethers, having a three-membered ring; they are prepared by the selective oxidation of alkenes or by ring-closure of halohydrins; used to make plastics.
 * 2)  Any similar compound in which an ether linkage has been made across a larger ring.

Translations

 * Catalan: epòxid
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 环氧化合物
 * Czech: epoxid
 * Estonian: epoksiidid
 * Finnish: epoksidi
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 * Italian:
 * Korean: 에폭시드
 * Macedonian: епоксид
 * Polish: epitlenki
 * Portuguese: epóxido
 * Russian: эпоксиды
 * Spanish: epóxido