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a synthetic textile fibre made from cellulose acetateAlso called: acetate

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A record would spend years in larval form as an acetate, the big waxy master from which copies were made.
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Last year, Jared Leto portrayed drug addict and HIV patient Rayon in the movie Dallas Buyers Club to critical acclaim.
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Once both tracks hit acetate, a master record was sent to URP for pressing.
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Glam came into play in the form of a figure-hugging lacquered rayon cloth skirt in turquoise that looked like sexy plastic.
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The prototypes are built from a recyclable flat foam-rubber called ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA).
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This fluid is then heated, adding crystals of sodium acetate until it becomes perfectly clear.
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Surprisingly enough, some industries such as the tobacco industry and the rayon and cellophane industries expanded considerably.
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A portion of the yellow filtrate gave a reddish yellow precipitate with lead acetate.
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A precipitate obtained by adding lead acetate to a filtered solution of the original substance in 50 per cent.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme
To the filtrate was added an excess of a solution of lead acetate in 50 per cent.
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