ethyl acetate

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noun Chemistry.

a colorless, volatile, flammable liquid, C4H8O2, having a fragrant, fruitlike odor: used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of perfumes, flavorings, and confections, and as a solvent for paints, varnishes, and lacquers.

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Also called acetic ether.

Origin of ethyl acetate

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby ethyl acetate

ethoxide, ethoxy, ethoxyethane, ethrog, ethyl, ethyl acetate, ethyl alcohol, ethylamine, ethyl aminobenzoate, ethylate, ethylbenzene

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How to use ethyl acetate in a sentence

A record would spend years in larval form as an acetate, the big waxy master from which copies were made.
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Once both tracks hit acetate, a master record was sent to URP for pressing.
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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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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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The poison, if precipitated at all by lead acetate, must have gone down in one of the preceding fractions.
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British Dictionary definitions for ethyl acetate

ethyl acetate

noun

a colourless volatile flammable fragrant liquid ester, made from acetic acid and ethanol: used in perfumes and flavourings and as a solvent for plastics, etc. Formula: CH 3 COOC 2 H 5

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Scientific definitions for ethyl acetate

ethyl acetate

A colorless, volatile, flammable liquid used as a solvent and in perfumes, lacquers, pharmaceuticals, and rayon. Chemical formula: C4H8O2.