acetic

[uh-see-tik, uh-set-ik]

adjective

1. pertaining to, derived from, or producing vinegar or acetic acid.

acetic

/ əˈsɛt-, əˈsiːtɪk /

adjective

1. of, containing, producing, or derived from acetic acid or vinegar

acetic

1. Relating to or containing acetic acid or vinegar.

Other Word Forms

• semiacetic adjective
• unacetic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of acetic¹

First recorded in 1800–10; acet- + -ic

Word History and Origins

Origin of acetic¹

C19: from Latin acētum vinegar

Example Sentences

One of the compounds, acetic acid, had never before been definitively observed in space ice, while the others -- ethanol, methyl formate, and acetaldehyde -- were detected in ices outside the Milky Way for the first time.

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Birch also cites an experiment in which lidocaine was used to relieve experimentally-induced pain from an injection of acetic acid in an octopus.

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A low-cost, tin-based catalyst can selectively convert carbon dioxide to three widely produced chemicals -- ethanol, acetic acid and formic acid.

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This resulted in a multi-stage cascade of enzymatic reactions that ultimately converts alcohol into acetic acid.

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Bacteria, colored blue, metabolize sugars and release byproducts such as lactic acid and acetic acid.

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