acetate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: acetate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for acetate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
acetate n a salt or ester of acetic acid [syn: acetate, ethanoate] a fabric made from fibers of cellulose acetate Synonym(s): acetate rayon, acetate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acetate \Ac"etate\, n. [L. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour.] (Chem.) A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate* of lead, acetate of potash.