adipate

[ad-uh-peyt]

noun

Chemistry.

1. a salt or ester of adipic acid.

2. an alkyd resin derived from adipic acid.

Word History and Origins

Origin of adipate¹

adip(ic acid) + -ate ²

Example Sentences

Synthetic 'bioalchemy' would reformat the basic elements of life to take advantage of abundant supplies of formerly rare intermediates such as the nylon precursor adipate, which is used to synthesize antibiotics.

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To play it even safer, food should never be microwaved in any plastic wrap since this speeds adipate migration.

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