Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A salt or ester of acetic acid.
- noun Cellulose acetate or any of various products, especially fibers, derived from it.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In 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 orester ofacetic acid . - noun cellulose acetate
- noun A
transparent sheet used foroverlays . - noun A
disc ofaluminium covered in awax used to makedemonstration copies of aphonograph record .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a salt or ester of acetic acid
- noun a fabric made from fibers of cellulose acetate
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
Chemical Engineer Honored by Foundation Melanie Grayce West 2011
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It is the second active ingredient, (E, E) - 9,11-tetradecadien-1-yl acetate, that is the wild card.
Bay Area Population to be Sprayed with New Unregistered Pesticide 2008
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Radioactivity levels in cholesterol in aortic tissue were significantly higher than in rats given labelled acetate alone.
Low-carb diet improves lipid profile better than low-fat diet | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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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
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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
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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.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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It also would produce acetic acid and ethyl acetate, which is used in paint and nail polish.
cbs4denver.com 2010
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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.
KXAN TV 2009
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