tartrate

[ tahr-treyt ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a salt or ester of tartaric acid.

tartrate

/ ˈtɑːtreɪt /

noun

1. any salt or ester of tartaric acid

tartrate

/ tär′trāt′ /

1. A salt or ester of tartaric acid, containing the group C 4 H 4 O 6 .

Other Words From

• super·tartrate noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of tartrate¹

1785–95; tartr- (combining form representing tartar ) + -ate ²

Example Sentences

Just what acid citro-tartrate of lithium may be is hard to tell, for chemistries do not recognize such a substance.

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An adherent coating may be obtained by adding an alkaline tartrate, but in that case the separation takes place too slowly.

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It dissolves entirely when boiled with an excess of the acid tartrate of potash.

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If gypsum has been used to clarify the wine, it will be present in the cream of tartar as calcium tartrate.

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The nickel sulphate and ammonia are dissolved in half the water, the ammonium tartrate in the other half with the tannin.

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