Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a class of compounds derived from an oxyacid, usually resulting from the reaction of an oxyacid and an alcohol with the elimination of water.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
compound ether (which see, underether ).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or inorganic; thus the natural fats are
esters of glycerin and the fatty acids, oleic, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry A
compound most often formed by thecondensation of analcohol and anacid , withelimination ofwater . It contains thefunctional group carbon -oxygen double bond joined viacarbon to anotheroxygen atom .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Bradford: Then tell me if amino adenosine triacid ester is a genome.
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Then tell me if amino adenosine triacid ester is a genome.
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Bradord: Then tell me if amino adenosine triacid ester is a genome.
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The reason why the Cori ester is found only in washed muscle is that with the washing water an enzyme is removed, i.e. a protein substance with a special catalytic effect, which moves phosphoric acid from one end of the sugar molecule, the 1-position to the opposite, the previously known 6-position.
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Mr. Oehler said that the cost of CleanStim will fall once it catches on and Halliburton can buy larger volumes of ingredients, such as maltodextrin, a sweetener and shower-gel component, and organic ester, which is found in liquid egg products and hairspray.
Edible Ingredients Used to Drill for Gas Ryan Dezember 2010
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The drug can only be released when it detaches from the PLA polymer chain, which occurs gradually by a reaction called ester hydrolysis.
Science Blog 2010
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The drug can only be released when it detaches from the PLA polymer chain, which occurs gradually by a reaction called ester hydrolysis.
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The drug can only be released when it detaches from the PLA polymer chain, which occurs gradually by a reaction called ester hydrolysis.
RxPG News : Latest Medical, Healthcare and Research News 2010
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The drug can only be released when it detaches from the PLA polymer chain, which occurs gradually by a reaction called ester hydrolysis.
The Engineer - News 2010
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The drug can only be released when it detaches from the PLA polymer chain, which occurs gradually by a reaction called ester hydrolysis.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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