Acetic Definition

ə-sētĭk
adjective
Of, relating to, or containing acetic acid or vinegar.
American Heritage
Of, like, containing, or producing acetic acid or vinegar.
Webster's New World

(organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or producing vinegar.

Wiktionary
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to acetic acid or its derivatives.
Wiktionary

Origin of Acetic

  • From French acétique, from Latin acetum (“vinegar”), from acere (“to be sour”).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin acētum vinegar acetum

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Acetic Sentence Examples

  • It is soluble in water and possesses an odour resembling that of acetic acid.

  • As early as 1866, tannic acid, gallic acid, wood spirit, acetic acid, essential oil and eucalyptol were produced from various species of eucalyptus, and researches made by Australian chemists, notably by Messrs.

  • It may be prepared by the addition of potassium nitrite to an acetic acid solution of cobalt chloride.

  • Duclaux found that acetic acid is formed in small quantities during fermentation; aldehyde has also been detected.

  • It is somewhat readily oxidized; nitric acid gives carbonic and oxalic acids, and chromic acid, carbonic and acetic acids.

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Words Starting With

AACACE

Words Ending With

CICTIC

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Words Starting With A and Ending With C

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With A6 Letter Words Ending With C