Definition of Triacetate

1. Noun. Cellulose acetate that is relatively slow to burn; used instead of celluloid for motion-picture film.

Exact synonyms: Cellulose Triacetate
Generic synonyms: Cellulose Acetate

Definition of Triacetate

1. Noun. (countable chemistry) Any compound containing three acetate groups ¹

2. Noun. A fibre manufactured from cellulose triacetate ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Triacetate

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Triacetate

tri-amelia
tri-band
tri-camera photography
tri-chad
tri-corn hat
tri-corn hats
tri-focused
tri-iodomethane
tri-iodothyronine
tri-level
tri-quarter
tri-unity
triable
triableness
triac
triacetate (current term)
triacetates
triacetic acid
triacetic acid lactone lyase
triacetin
triacetone triperoxide
triacetoneamine-n-oxyl
triacetylglycerol
triacetyloleandomycin
triacid
triacids
triacle
triacles
triacontahedra
triacontahedral

Literary usage of Triacetate

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

1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1863)
"When the solution of the triacetate obtained by decomposing trisul- phate of aluminium with acetate of lead is evaporated at a low temperature, ..."

2. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1880)
"Iodine triacetate forms large colourless prisms, which at once become pink and ... Iodine triacetate may apparently also be formed by the action of iodine ..."

3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"In a similar manner the cleavage of the same class of compounds by thallium triacetate and lead tetraacetate has been observed to exhibit the same trends. ..."

4. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1917)
"0.08 cc N12 potassium hydroxide solution ™ 2.2 rag. KOH After adding I % of glyceryl triacetate. 0.58 cc ™ 16.2 mg. KOH were used. ..."

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