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tartrate
[ tahr-treyt ]
noun
- a salt or ester of tartaric acid.
tartrate
/ ˈtɑːtreɪt /
noun
- any salt or ester of tartaric acid
tartrate
/ tär′trāt′ /
- A salt or ester of tartaric acid, containing the group C 4 H 4 O 6 .
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- super·tartrate noun
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Example Sentences
Just what acid citro-tartrate of lithium may be is hard to tell, for chemistries do not recognize such a substance.
An adherent coating may be obtained by adding an alkaline tartrate, but in that case the separation takes place too slowly.
It dissolves entirely when boiled with an excess of the acid tartrate of potash.
If gypsum has been used to clarify the wine, it will be present in the cream of tartar as calcium tartrate.
The nickel sulphate and ammonia are dissolved in half the water, the ammonium tartrate in the other half with the tannin.
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