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tartaric

American  
[tahr-tar-ik, -tahr-] / tɑrˈtær ɪk, -ˈtɑr- /

adjective

  1. pertaining to or derived from tartar.


Tartaric 1 British  
/ tɑːˈtærɪk /

adjective

  1. a variant spelling of Tataric See Tatarian

"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

tartaric 2 British  
/ tɑːˈtærɪk /

adjective

  1. of, concerned with, containing, or derived from tartar or tartaric acid

"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

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Etymology

Origin of tartaric

First recorded in 1780–90; tartar + -ic


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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

He has tried the action of such acids as citric, tartaric, oxalic, acetic, malic, and other acids, on finely powdered carbonates, silicates, sulphides, and other classes of mineral.

From The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. 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, or salt of lemons, will quickly remove stains from white muslin or linen.

From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Barkham Burroughs

"Mullah rein ist der Wein" is from the Tartaric.

From The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany by Arthur F. J. Remy

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