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noun
Any salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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verb
To treat something with sulfuric acid, a sulfate, or with sulfur dioxide.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, transitive
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
To accumulate a deposit of lead sulfate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a salt or ester of sulphuric acid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sulphate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: salt
Narrower terms: barium sulphate, barium sulfate, blanc fixe, copper sulfate, copper sulphate, cupric sulfate, cupric sulphate, magnesium sulfate, sodium lauryl sulphate, sodium lauryl sulfate, SLS, sodium sulphate, sodium sulfate, zinc sulfate, zinc sulphate, white vitriol, zinc vitriol
verb
convert into a sulfate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: convert
History
From French sulfate, from New Latin sulphatum, taken from the expression acidum sulphatum (“sulfuric acid”), from sulphatus, from Latin sulphur (“sulfur”). The term was first used in 1787 by the French chemist L. B. G. De Morveau. Equivalent to sulf(ur) + -ate (“salt or ester”).
From the above noun, through -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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