picrate

American  

[pik-reyt] / ˈpɪk reɪt /

noun

Chemistry.

1. a salt or ester of picric acid.

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picrate British  

/ ˈpɪkreɪt /

noun

1. any salt or ester of picric acid, such as sodium picrate

2. a charge-transfer complex formed by picric acid

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Other Word Forms

• picrated
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of picrate

First recorded in 1865–70; picr(ic acid) + -ate ²

Example Sentences

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picrate

But where, all this time, was the picrate? perhaps, after all, Ruby had deceived us and there was no volcano, such as we dreaded, below our feet.

From The Survivors of the Chancellor, diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger by Verne, Jules

A solution of calcium picrate, that is, the lime salt of picric acid, is pumped in and as the reaction begins the mixture heats up and the chlorpicrin distils over with the steam.

From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.

These carried picrate of potash shells that were immensely powerful.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

Picric acid is a crystalline bitter product extracted from coal-tar, and forming, in combination with potash, a yellow salt known as picrate of potash.

From The Survivors of the Chancellor, diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger by Verne, Jules

Pic′rāted, mixed with a picrate as in a composition for a whistling rocket.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various