Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

potassium bitartrate

British  

noun

  1. another name (not in technical usage) for potassium hydrogen tartrate

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Argols, scales that form on the lining of old wine vats, are a crude form of potassium bitartrate.

From Time Magazine Archive

Learn: Cream of tartar is the culinary name for potassium bitartrate, a by-product of winemaking.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is decomposed by a hot solution of potassium bitartrate.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

Co-administration of arsenic or potassium bitartrate is thought to have a preventive influence in some cases.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

The bowels were kept open by jalap and the potassium bitartrate.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various