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sorbites

sorbites is the plural of sorbite.

Meaning of sorbite

Noun (1)

sorbite (countable and uncountable, plural sorbites)

  1. (obsolete) Pearlite.
    • According to Boynton this constituent is sorbite in the case of steels containing more than ·8 per cent. carbon, for if troostite be β iron free from carbon it cannot exist in hyper-eutectoid steels.1905, Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers, volume 30, page 217

Noun (2)

sorbite (countable and uncountable, plural sorbites)

  1. (obsolete) Sorbitol.
    • Sorbite is isomeric with mannite and dulcite, and forms with oxalic acid at 75° sorbite-formamide, with evolution of carbonic anhydride. It is a colourless odourless syrup.1881, “Abstracts of Chemical Papers: Sorbin and Sorbite”, in Journal of the Chemical Society, volume 11, page 148

Questions about sorbites

What is sorbites the plural of?
Sorbites is the plural of sorbite.

Words near sorbites in the dictionary

  1. Sorbish
  2. sorbital
  3. sorbitan
  4. sorbitans
  5. sorbite
  6. sorbites
  7. sorbitic
  8. sorbitisation
  9. sorbitisations
  10. sorbitise
  11. sorbitised

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