methylphenylcarbinyl acetate

[ meth-uhl-fen-l-kahr-buh-nil, -feen-l-, meth- ]

/ ˈmɛθ əlˌfɛn lˈkɑr bə nɪl, -ˌfin l-, ˌmɛθ- /

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a colorless, synthetic liquid, C10H12O2, having a strong floral odor and occurring in oil of gardenia: used chiefly in gardenia and lily perfumes.

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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.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme
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.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme
The poison, if precipitated at all by lead acetate, must have gone down in one of the preceding fractions.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme