tannate

[ tan-eyt ]

/ ˈtæn eɪt /

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noun Chemistry.

a salt of tannic acid.

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Origin of tannate

First recorded in 1795–1805; tann(in) + -ate²

Words nearby tannate

tank truck, tank up, tank wagon, tanna, tannage, tannate, Tannenbaum, Tannenberg, tanner, Tanner growth chart, Tanner stage

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How to use tannate in a sentence

This turbidity, if I remember the cyclopædia aright, is tannate of fibrin, or leather.
The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887)|Mrs. F.L. Gillette
A coffee-spoonful of this solution contains 0.03 gram of the tannate, and this quantity may be given to a child, in a little milk.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines|T. H. Pardo de Tavera
Ink is composed of iron tannate, which on exposure to air gives the black of writing.
The Silent Bullet|Arthur B. Reeve
Perchloride of tin, in a similar manner, yields insoluble tannate of tin with tannic acid.
The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing|Watson Smith

The tannate is decomposed in the usual way with litharge and extracted by alcohol.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth

British Dictionary definitions for tannate

tannate

/ (ˈtæneɪt) /

noun

any salt or ester of tannic acid

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Medical definitions for tannate

tannate

[ tăn′āt′ ]

A salt or ester of tannic acid.