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picrate
[ pik-reyt ]
picrate
/ ˈpɪkreɪt /
noun
- any salt or ester of picric acid, such as sodium picrate
- a charge-transfer complex formed by picric acid
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Other Words From
- pic·rated adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of picrate1
First recorded in 1865–70; picr(ic acid) + -ate 2
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Example Sentences
With ammonium picrate and sodium picrate, yellowish red color.
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Later it was found advantageous to use calcium picrate instead of picric acid.
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The weight of this subtracted from the first weight, of course, gives that of the brucine picrate.
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This process destroys the brucine picrate, but leaves the strychnine picrate untouched.
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The precipitate contains the picrate of trimethylenediamine, mixed with the picrates of cadaverine and creatinine.
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