Crossword clues for tartaric
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tartarian \Tar*ta"ri*an\, Tartaric \Tar*tar"ic\,
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Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
Tartarian lamb (Bot.), Scythian lam
See Barometz.
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 substance, C2H2(OH)2.(CO2H)2, having a strong pure acid taste. It is used in medicine, in dyeing, calico printing, photography, etc., and also as a substitute for lemon juice. Called also dextro-tartaric acid.
By extension, any one of the series of isomeric acids (racemic acid, levotartaric acid, inactive tartaric acid) of which tartaric acid proper is the type.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. (context chemistry English) Containing tartrates.
WordNet
adj. relating to or derived from or resembling tartar; "tartaric acid"
Wikipedia
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.