borate

American  

[bawr-eyt, -it, bohr-, bawr-eyt, bohr-] / ˈbɔr eɪt, -ɪt, ˈboʊr-, ˈbɔr eɪt, ˈboʊr- /

noun

1. a salt or ester of boric acid.

2. (loosely) a salt or ester of any acid containing boron.

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verb (used with object)

borated, borating

1. to treat with borate, boric acid, or borax.

borate British  

noun

1. a salt or ester of boric acid. Salts of boric acid consist of BO 3 and BO 4 units linked together

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verb

1. (tr) to treat with borax, boric acid, or borate

borate Scientific  

/ bôr′āt′ /

1. A salt or ester of boric acid, containing the radical BO ₃.

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Etymology

Origin of borate

First recorded in 1810–20; bor- ( def. ) + -ate ²

Example Sentences

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borate borated

This intermediate step is crucial, as Nagashima remarks: "Our detailed mechanistic studies revealed that the photoexcited borate complex both accelerates the cycloaddition and suppresses the rearomatization that usually occurs in conventional photocycloaddition reactions."

From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2024

Borax, or sodium borate decahydrate, is a salt made of a combination of boron, sodium, oxygen and hydrogen.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2023

Boron in cardboard is in the fairly soluble borate form.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2022

To create their qutrits, both teams used the triple-branching path of a photon, expressed in carefully orchestrated optical systems of lasers, beam splitters and barium borate crystals.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 6, 2019

The borate of soda is of a dirty hue, but the salt, which lies above the level of the entire deposit, in some places to a depth of seven feet, is white as snow.

From Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. by Browne, Montagu

The folds and creases of their skin must be kept dry and powdered with borated talcum.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm

Useful methods of applying these are by the medium of borated cotton, oakum, tow, or spongiopiline, covered with oiled silk or the Lister protective material.

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

An advantage of this borated oil is that it always retains a slight stickiness, and so gives a good joint when wrapped around wires, etc.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 by Various

The scorched surface should be covered with this liniment and then with a layer of borated gauze or absorbent cotton, to protect from the air.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

Carbolized, borated, and corrosive-sublimate gauze have little special value.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm