Definition of Camphorate

1. Verb. Treat with camphor.

Generic synonyms: Process, Treat
Derivative terms: Camphor

Definition of Camphorate

1. v. t. To impregnate or treat with camphor.

2. n. A salt of camphoric acid.

Definition of Camphorate

1. Noun. (chemistry) Any salt of camphoric acid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Camphorate

1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Camphorate

camphogen
camphol
campholic acid
camphols
camphor
camphor-6-exo-hydroxylase
camphor 5-monooxygenase
camphor ball
camphor daisy
camphor dune tansy
camphor ice
camphor liniment
camphor oil
camphor tree
camphoraceous
camphorate (current term)
camphorated
camphorated oil
camphorated tincture of opium
camphorates
camphorating
camphoric
camphoric acid
camphoronic acid
camphors
camphorsulphonic
camphorsulphonic acid
camphorsultam
camphorweed
camphorweeds

Literary usage of Camphorate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1860)
"It is insoluble in cold water (nearly insoluble, according to Brandes). — By boiling water or cold alcohol, it is partly converted into mercuric camphorate. ..."

2. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1866)
"... and not a camphorate of barium-peroxide; for it does not yield peroxide of hydrogen with acids, or barium-peroxide with alkalis. ..."

3. Principles of Organic and Physiological Chemistry by Carl Löwig (1853)
"Chlorine converts the compound into camphorate of oxychloride of acetyl. Ether-camphoric Acid: AeO,HO ..."

4. First Outlines of a Dictionary of Solubilities of Chemical Substances by Frank Humphreys Storer (1864)
"camphorate OF BARYTA. Soluble in 1.79 Сю Н„ Вц 0, -f- 7 Aq pts. of water at 18.75°; or, ... Appears to be soluble in water. (Kemper.) camphorate OF ..."

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