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noun
A salt or ester of benzenesulfonic acid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: benzenesulfonate
Antonyms: none provided
History
From besyl(ic) (acid) (“benzenesulfonic (acid)”) + -ate (“a salt or ester derived from an acid whose name ends in -ic”).
