picrate

[ pik-reyt ]

/ ˈpɪk reɪt /

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noun Chemistry.

a salt or ester of picric acid.

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Origin of picrate

First recorded in 1865–70; picr(ic acid) + -ate²

OTHER WORDS FROM picrate

pic·rat·ed, adjective

Words nearby picrate

picotee, picot stitch, picowave, picquet, picramic acid, picrate, picric, picric acid, picrite, picro-, picrotoxin

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How to use picrate in a sentence

With ammonium picrate and sodium picrate, yellowish red color.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme
Later it was found advantageous to use calcium picrate instead of picric acid.
America's Munitions 1917-1918|Benedict Crowell
The weight of this subtracted from the first weight, of course, gives that of the brucine picrate.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth
This process destroys the brucine picrate, but leaves the strychnine picrate untouched.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth

The precipitate contains the picrate of trimethylenediamine, mixed with the picrates of cadaverine and creatinine.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth

British Dictionary definitions for picrate

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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