tartaric
adjective
pertaining to or derived from tartar.
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tartaric
American
[tahr-tar-ik, -tahr-]
/ tɑrˈtær ɪk, -ˈtɑr- /
adjective
Tartaric
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British
/ tɑːˈtærɪk /
adjective
tartaric
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British
/ tɑːˈtærɪk /
adjective
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If eaten, the tartaric acid in grapes or raisins may cause acute kidney disease.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2022
William Astbury, J. D. Bernal and Kathleen Lonsdale worked at the Royal Institution in London under physicist and Nobel laureate William Henry Bragg, studying small molecules such as tartaric acid.
From Nature ● Apr. 15, 2019
Actually it's hard to imagine too much acid in a Riesling . . . the more the merrier, as long as it's all tartaric.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2018
“The tartaric acid establishes grapes,” said Andrew Waterhouse, who studies the chemistry of wine at the University of California at Davis and was not a participant in this research.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2017
Not unfrequently certain so-called “assistants” are employed in small amount along with the bichromate of potash—e.g. sulphuric acid, cream of tartar, tartaric acid, lactic acid, &c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
Tartaric, citric, and lactic acids are used to lower the wine’s pH to be too acidic for bacteria or fungal growth.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 20, 2023
I identify the markers of specific natural products: Tartaric acid is a fingerprint compound for grapes in the Middle East, for example, while calcium oxalate points to the presence of barley beer.
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2015
Tartaric acid occurs in large amounts only in grapes, and terebinth resin was a wine preservative used all over the ancient Near East up through Roman times.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tartaric acid is seldom used alone, but very often in combination with cream of tartar.
From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Harry Snyder
Citric Acid, Tartaric Acid.—The acids of the extracted juices of most tropical fruits consist, to a large degree, of citric or tartaric acids.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Sidney Morgan
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