methyl acetate

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noun Chemistry.

a colorless, flammable, volatile liquid, C3H6O2, the methyl ester of acetic acid, having a fragrant odor, used chiefly as a solvent.

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Origin of methyl acetate

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby methyl acetate

methoxyl, meths, Methuen, Methuselah, methyl, methyl acetate, methylacetic acid, methylal, methyl alcohol, methylamine, methylate

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How to use methyl 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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Although the gene itself stays unchanged, chemicals called methyl groups alter how that gene works.
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This process, known as epigenetics, involves the addition of small chemical tags known as methyl groups to the DNA double helix.
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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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Those stains which are dissolved in methyl-alcohol combine fixation with the staining process.
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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.
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To the filtrate was added an excess of a solution of lead acetate in 50 per cent.
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British Dictionary definitions for methyl acetate

methyl acetate

noun

a colourless volatile flammable liquid ester with a fragrant odour, used as a solvent, esp in paint removers. Formula: CH 3 COOCH 3

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