Definition of Gallate

1. n. A salt of gallic acid.

Definition of Gallate

1. Noun. (inorganic chemistry) Any oxoanion of gallium ¹

2. Noun. (chemistry) any salt or ester of gallic acid ¹

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Definition of Gallate

1. a chemical salt [n -S]

Medical Definition of Gallate

1. A salt of gallic acid. Origin: Cf. F. Gallate. See Gall gallnut. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gallate

gallacetophenone
gallamine
gallamine triethiodide
gallamines
gallane
gallant
gallanted
gallanter
gallanting
gallantly
gallantness
gallantries
gallantry
gallants
gallate (current term)
gallates
gallature
gallaunt
gallberry
gallbladder
gallbladder carcinoma
gallbladder disease
gallbladder emptying
gallbladder fossa
gallbladder scan
gallbladders
galled

Literary usage of Gallate

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

1. One Thousand Experiments in Chemistry: With Illustrations of Natural by Colin MacKenzie (1822)
"gallate OF IRON. Write with an infusion of galls, and when the writing is required to appear, dip it into a solution of Sulphate of Iron: the letters will ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1902)
"Bismuth sub-gallate forms a colorless solution with diluted sulphuric acid, ... From these solutions the original sub-gallate is again precipitated on ..."

3. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, Edward William Brayley (1815)
"To obtain a gallate of lead as pure as possible, I dissolved gallic acid in a very small portion of water, and added carbonate of ammonia in a solid form. ..."

4. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1815)
"To obtain a gallate of lead as pure as possible, I dissolved gallic acid in. a very small portion of water, and added carbonate of ammonia in a solid form. ..."

5. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1888)
"Lead gallate. Lead acetate added to a hot solution of an excess of the acid ... Iron gallate. A splendid blue precipitate is obtained when the acid is added ..."

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