butyrate (plural butyrates)
(organic compound) Any salt or ester of butyric acid.
• (salt or ester): butanoate
Source: Wiktionary
Bu"ty*rate, n. (Chem.)
Definition: A salt of butyric acid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
