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noun
1.
Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
verb (used with object)
2.
to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfuric acid, a sulfate, or sulfates.
3.
to convert into a sulfate.
4.
Electricity. to form a deposit of lead-sulfate compound on (the lead electrodes of a storage battery).
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Sulfate
is always a great word to know.
So is coke. Does it mean:
| a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C10H14N2, found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide |
| the solid product resulting from the distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon |
verb (used without object)
5.
to become sulfated.
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Word Origin & History
sulfate
1790 (sulphat), from Fr. sulphate (1787), from Mod.L. sulphatum acidum, from L. sulpur, sulphur (see sulfur) + chemical ending -ate. The spelling with -ph- is standard in Britain.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
sulfate sul·fate (sŭl'fāt')
n.
A salt or an ester of sulfuric acid.
The bivalent group SO4.
A chemical compound containing such a group.
To treat or react with sulfuric acid or a sulfate.
To become sulfated.
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Science Dictionary
sulfate  (sŭl'fāt') Pronunciation Key
A salt or ester of sulfuric acid, containing the group SO4. |
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