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noun
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1.
a salt of
saccharic acid
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2.
a compound formed by interaction of sucrose with a metallic oxide, usually lime, and useful in the purification of sugar.
Origin:
1805–15;
sacchar(ic acid)
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of, pertaining to, or tending to develop into icelike crystals: glacial phosphoric acid
a substance that causes a chemical reaction without itself being affected
noting compounds that readily decompose or change into other compounds
a double sulfate analogous to potassium alum, as aluminum ammonium sulfate, with the formula R2SO4?X2(SO4)3?24H2O, where R is alkali metal or ammonium
the solid product resulting from the distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon
existing as free, uncombined atoms
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saccharate
(ˈsækəˌreɪt)
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n
any salt or ester of saccharic acid
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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