any salt or ester of acetic acid, containing the monovalent ion CH3COO– or the group CH3COO-
Systematic name: ethanoate
2. (modifier)
consisting of, containing, or concerned with the group CH3COO-
acetate group or radical
3. short for acetate rayon, cellulose acetate
4.
a sound recording disc composed of an acetate lacquer coating on an aluminium or plastic base: used for demonstration or other short-term purposes
Derived forms
acetated (ˈaceˌtated)
adjective
Word origin
C19: from acetic + -ate1
Examples of 'ethanoate' in a sentence
ethanoate
A few compounds increased at the senescence phase (propyl ethanoate).
Juan Pablo Fernández-Trujillo, Noelia Dos-Santos, Rocío Martínez-Alcaraz, Inés LeBleis 2013, 'Non-Destructive Assessment of Aroma Volatiles from a Climacteric Near-Isogenic Lineof Melon Obtained by Headspace Stir-Bar Sorptive Extraction', Foodshttp://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/2/3/401. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)