picrate

American  

[pik-rayt] / 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

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Etymology

Origin of picrate

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

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Example Sentences

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picrate

In another moment the words "picrate of potash" brought me to my feet, and with an involuntary impulse I rushed up to Ruby, and seized him by the shoulder.

From The Survivors of the Chancellor by Jules Verne

But if we add an equally concentrated solution of ammonium picrate, the staining gains extraordinarily in distinctness, in as much as now certain parts are pure yellow, others pure red.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by W. Myers

We will begin with the simplest example: the use of picro-carmine, a mixture of neutral ammonium carmine and ammonium picrate.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by W. Myers

Suzuki, Shimamura and Odake also used the phosphotungstic precipitation method and claimed to have prepared the crystalline antineuritic substance which they called oryzanin in the form of a crystalline picrate.

From The Vitamine Manual by Walter H. Eddy

The arrangement of the cap upon a broad-mouthed nipple prevented the instantaneous explosion that would have taken place with a picrate of potash shell.

From Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 by Sir Samuel White Baker

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