单词 | zoonate |
释义 | † zoonaten. Chemistry. Obsolete. A salt of a supposed acid (zoonic acid n. at zoonic adj. 1) obtained by Berthollet from animal substances.The acid was later shown to be impure acetic acid. ΚΠ 1798 Philos. Mag. 1 68 (heading) What remains is zoonate of lime. 1804 W. Nicholson tr. A.-F. de Fourcroy Gen. Syst. Chem. Knowl. X. 28 The liquid..contains carbonate and zoonate of ammonia. 1857 J. M. Wilson Rural Cycl. (new ed.) II. 579/2 Hair yields, on distillation,..another salt of an ammoniacal base, combined with a peculiar animal acid, which Berthollet has named zoonate of ammonia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1798 |
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