acetate, ethanoate
(noun) a salt or ester of acetic acid
Source: WordNet® 3.1
acetate (plural acetates)
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of acetic acid.
Synonym: ethanoate
Cellulose acetate.
A transparent sheet used for overlays.
Ellipsis of acetate disc.: a disc of aluminium covered in a wax used to make demonstration copies of a phonograph record.
Coordinate term: dubplate
Source: Wiktionary
Ac"e*tate, n. Etym: [L. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour.] (Chem.)
Definition: A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
