Acetate
['æsɪteɪt] or ['æsɪtet]
Definition
(n.) A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash.
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Examples
- It consisted of common salt, sulphate of lime, and a small amount of acetate of soda. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I took a cylinder of zirconia and wound about a hundred feet of the fine platinum wire on it coated with magnesia from the syrupy acetate. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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