Helen Fenton

Acetimetry: Definition and part of speech

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Acetimetry

  1. n. The act or method of ascertaining the strength of vinegar, or the proportion of acetic acid contained in it.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Acetimeter: Definition and part of speech

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Acetimeter

  1. n. An instrument for estimating the amount of acetic acid in vinegar or in any liquid containing acetic acid.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Acetification: Definition and part of speech

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Acetification

  1. n. The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Acetic: Definition and part of speech

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Acetic

  1. a. Pertaining to, containing, or derived from, acetyl, as acetic ether, acetic acid. The latter is the acid to which the sour taste of vinegar is due.
  2. a. Of a pertaining to vinegar; producing vinegar; producing vinegar; as, acetic fermentation.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Acetate: Definition and part of speech

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Acetate

  1. n. A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.