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tartaric
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. relating to or derived from or resembling tartar; "tartaric acid"
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tartaric \Tar*tar"ic\, a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling, tartar. Tartaric acid . An acid widely diffused throughout the vegetable kingdom, as in grapes, mountain-ash berries, etc., and obtained from tartar as a white crystalline ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1790, from tartar + -ic .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context chemistry English) Containing tartrates.
Usage examples of tartaric.
The residue contains the antimony as antimonate of soda, and is dissolved off the filter with hot dilute hydrochloric, with the help of a little tartaric, acid.
Solutions are not precipitated by tartaric acid nor by platinic chloride.
The residue contains the antimony as antimonate of soda, and is dissolved off the filter with hot dilute hydrochloric, with the help of a little tartaric, acid.
If the solution be now added to a large bulk of water, the white oxychloride is precipitated, which is soluble in tartaric acid and precipitated orange yellow with hydrogen sulphide.
Frankland informs me that the fluid contained no trace of hydrochloric, sulphuric, tartaric, oxalic, or formic acids.
An imitation lemon juice has been made by dissolving tartaric acid in water, adding sulphuric acid and flavouring with oil of Lemon.