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acetate - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun noun
from The Century Dictionary.
noun chem. , a salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun (Chem.) A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun organic chemistry Any salt or ester of acetic acid .noun noun transparent sheet used for overlays .noun disc of aluminium covered in a wax used to make demonstration copies of a phonograph record .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun noun
Etymologies
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Latin acetum ("vinegar"), from acere ("to be sour").
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The brothers worked on the development of cellulose acetate , which is used in the production of film and made into textiles.
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It is the second active ingredient, (E, E) - 9,11-tetradecadien-1-yl acetate , that is the wild card.
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Radioactivity levels in cholesterol in aortic tissue were significantly higher than in rats given labelled acetate alone.
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Together with harmonicat Billy Boy Arnold, Bo had started writing original songs, and they eventually cut a dub acetate of two of Bo's strongest, "I'm A Man" and "Dirty Motherf*cker", which they hawked around
Bo Diddley MacDaniel 1972
Together with harmonicat Billy Boy Arnold, Bo had started writing original songs, and they eventually cut a dub acetate of two of Bo's strongest, "I'm A Man" and "Dirty Motherf*cker", which they hawked around
Bo Diddley MacDaniel 1972
My own favourite was ethyl acetate , which is safe, inoffensive, and has several advantages, as long as the bottle and fluid are kept free from moisture.
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~Uranium Nitrate~, UO_ {2} (NO_ {3}) _ {2}. 6H_ {2} O. -- This salt is very soluble in water and is sometimes used instead of the acetate , which is somewhat difficult to dissolve.
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It also would produce acetic acid and ethyl acetate , which is used in paint and nail polish.
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A. fermentans converts cellulose into acetate , which is in turn made into methyl halides by the engineered yeast.
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EVA stands for ethylene and vinyl acetate , which is the foam rubber of the shoe.
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hernesheir commented on the word acetate
Shorthand for "you can deliver here following freight to relieve accumulation". --1906 US Railway Association Standard Cipher Code.
January 19, 2013