acetate
/ˈæsɪteɪ̯t/
acetate noun: any ester or salt of acetic acid. Also the ellipsis of acetate disc.
Noun
acetate (plural acetates)
- Any ester or salt of acetic acid.
- […] to pad a piece in diluted acetate of alumine to obtain a pale lemon ground […]1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopædia
- The goods should be handled for about twenty minutes in a solution of sugar (acetate) of lead, pressed out of that and then passed through a solution of this chrome, then aired, passed through the lead and washed and dried.1847, editorial staff, “To Dye Yellow Color”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 72
- Synonyms:
- ethanoate
- Cellulose acetate.
- Performers use acetate because eyelash glue is not available. They create eyelashes out of horse hair or cut from carbon paper. Their nails are glued on with a shoe adhesive.2007 July 16, Leslie Feinberg, “How La Güinera made room for more gender”, in Workers World
- A transparent sheet used for overlays, whether of cellulose acetate or (loosely) any macroscopically similar plastic.
- Near-synonym: gel
- Synonyms:
- gel
Also used as
acetate is also the ellipsis of acetate disc.
acetate meaning in Hindi, Malay and Indonesian
acetate in Hindi
- salt or ester of acetic acid
- शुक्त śukt
acetate in Malay
- salt or ester of acetic acid
- asetat
acetate in Indonesian
- salt or ester of acetic acid
- asetat
Examples of acetate in a sentence
- Sugar of lead (lead acetate) is a poisonous white crystalline substance with a sweet taste.
- A mixture of isooctane and ethyl acetate can be used to elute triglycerides from a complex lipid solution.
- The exometabolic production of significant quantities acetate and lactate by S.
Synonyms of acetate
Forms of acetate
| plural | acetates |
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Origin of acetate
Formed from the root of Latin acētum (“vinegar”) + -ate, from aceō (“to be sour”). By surface analysis, acet- + -ate.
Words formed from acetate
- aceclidine
- acedapsone
- acetated
- acetatelyase
- acetatic
- acetoacetate
- acetorphine
- ammonium acetate
- amphoacetate
- amyl acetate
- bisacodyl
- bromoacetate
- butylacetate
- calcium acetate
- cefacetrile
- cellulose acetate
- chloroacetate
- citronellyl acetate
- copper acetate
- cupric acetate
- cyanoacetate
- cyproterone acetate
- denaverine
- diacetate
- ethyl acetate
- ethylenediaminetetraacetate
- ethylene-vinyl acetate
- eugenol acetate
- eugenyl acetate
- fentin acetate
- fluoroacetate
- hydrogen acetate
- iodoacetate
- lead acetate
- linalyl acetate
- lithium acetate
- medroxyprogesterone acetate
- methyl acetate
- methylazoxymethanol acetate
- monoacetate
- nonacetate
- octaacetate
- orthoacetate
- oxaloacetate
- oxoacetate
- parachlorophenoxyacetate
- pentaacetate
- peracetate
- polyvinyl acetate
- potassium acetate
- sodium acetate
- sodium acetate trihydrate
- subacetate
- tetraacetate
- thioacetate
- triacetate
- undecaacetate
- vaccenyl acetate
- vinyl acetate
Questions about acetate
- What does acetate mean?
- Acetate means any ester or salt of acetic acid.
- What is acetate in Hindi?
- Acetate in Hindi is शुक्त (śukt). See Acetate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is acetate?
- Acetate is a noun.
- How do you pronounce acetate?
- Acetate is pronounced /ˈæsɪteɪ̯t/.
- What is the plural of acetate?
- The plural of acetate is acetates.
Words near acetate in the dictionary
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