sulfate

[suhl-feyt] Origin

sul·fate

[suhl-feyt] noun, verb, sul·fat·ed, sul·fat·ing.
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.

Origin:
1780–90; < Neo-Latin sulphātum. See sulfur, -ate2

sul·fa·tion, noun
su·per·sul·fate, noun
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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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sulfate sul·fate (sŭl'fāt')
n.

  1. A salt or an ester of sulfuric acid.

  2. The bivalent group SO4.

  3. A chemical compound containing such a group.

v. sul·fat·ed, sul·fat·ing, sul·fates
  1. To treat or react with sulfuric acid or a sulfate.

  2. To become sulfated.

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sulfate   (sŭl'fāt')  Pronunciation Key 
A salt or ester of sulfuric acid, containing the group SO4.
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