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Definition of Acetifying
1. acetify [v] - See also: acetify
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acetifying
Literary usage of Acetifying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"In other works porous lumps of charcoal, which had been washed, first with acid
and then with water, were used as the acetifying medium, and promoted the ..."
2. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles E. Marshall (1921)
"If the supply is continuous, the liquid tends to run in streams or currents in
certain parts of the vat and much of the acetifying surface is lost; ..."
3. The Soluble Ferments and Fermentation by Joseph Reynolds Green (1901)
"Hansen distinguished two species of this genus which are capable of acetifying
alcoholic solutions, and he named them B. aceti and B. Pasteurianum. ..."
4. Microbiology for Agricultural and Domestic Science Students by Charles Edward Marshall, Frederic Theodore Bioletti (1911)
"It often develops around the edges of the surface of the liquid in vinegar barrels
and in the acetifying columns and, if neglected, may cause putrefaction ..."
5. A General Treatise on the Manufacture of Vinegar: Theoretical and Practical by Hippolyte Dussauce (1871)
"It is evident, from these two experiments, that in the quick process the shavings
are without acetifying action, and have no other part than to support the ..."
6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1900)
"It cannot be referred to the ordinary group of acetifying organisms,* as it has
not the power of affecting alcohol as they do. Its action on the sugar seems ..."
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