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tartrate
[ tahr-treyt ]
noun
, Chemistry.
- 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.
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An adherent coating may be obtained by adding an alkaline tartrate, but in that case the separation takes place too slowly.
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It dissolves entirely when boiled with an excess of the acid tartrate of potash.
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If gypsum has been used to clarify the wine, it will be present in the cream of tartar as calcium tartrate.
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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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