bitartrate

American  

[bahy-tahr-treyt] / baɪˈtɑr treɪt /

noun

Chemistry.

1. a tartrate in which only one of the two acidic hydrogen atoms of tartaric acid is replaced by a metal or positive group; an acid tartrate; a hydrogen tartrate, as sodium bitartrate.

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bitartrate British  

/ baɪˈtɑːˌtreɪt /

noun

1. Also called: hydrogen tartrate.  (not in technical usage) a salt or ester of tartaric acid containing the monovalent group -HC 4 H 4 O 6 or the ion HC 4 H 4 O 6 ^–

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Etymology

Origin of bitartrate

First recorded in 1875–80; bi- ¹ + tartrate

Example Sentences

Learn: Cream of tartar is the culinary name for potassium bitartrate, a by-product of winemaking.

From Time Magazine Archive

Argols, scales that form on the lining of old wine vats, are a crude form of potassium bitartrate.

From Time Magazine Archive

Potassium bitartrate crystallizes and collects in fermentation tanks, and is removed and purified to make the bright white powder.

From Time Magazine Archive

After each application of the nitrate, the plate should be rubbed gently in one direction, with moistened bitartrate of potassa, applied with buff.

From American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype by Humphrey, S. D. (Samuel Dwight)

When regarded necessary, gentle purgation is solicited by administering bitartrate of potassium in lemonade or by combining mild mercurial doses with antiperiodics when these latter are resorted to during the fever.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various