English Explanatory Dictionary

acetate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any ester or salt of acetic acid.
  2. Cellulose acetate.
  3. A transparent sheet used for overlays, whether of cellulose acetate or (loosely) any macroscopically similar plastic.
  4. In full acetate disc: a disc of aluminium covered in a wax used to make demonstration copies of a phonograph record.

Pronunciation

/ˈæsɪteɪ̯t/ en-us-acetate.ogg

Word forms

acetate acetates

Etymology

Formed from the root of Latin acētum (“vinegar”) + -ate, from aceō (“to be sour”). By surface analysis, acet- + -ate.

Synonyms

ethanoate gel

Derived words

aceclidine acedapsone acetated acetatelyase acetatic acetoacetate acetorphine ammonium acetate amphoacetate amyl acetate bisacodyl bromoacetate butylacetate calcium acetate cefacetrile cellulose acetate chloroacetate citronellyl acetate copper acetate cupric acetate cyanoacetate cyproterone acetate denaverine diacetate ethyl acetate ethylenediaminetetraacetate ethylene-vinyl acetate eugenol acetate eugenyl acetate fentin acetate fluoroacetate hydrogen acetate iodoacetate lead acetate linalyl acetate lithium acetate medroxyprogesterone acetate methyl acetate methylazoxymethanol acetate monoacetate nonacetate octaacetate orthoacetate oxaloacetate oxoacetate parachlorophenoxyacetate pentaacetate peracetate polyvinyl acetate potassium acetate sodium acetate sodium acetate trihydrate subacetate tetraacetate thioacetate triacetate undecaacetate vaccenyl acetate vinyl acetate
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