Fr pectique < Gr pēktikos, congealing < pēktos, congealed < pēgnynai, to fix < IE base *paĝ-, to fasten: see fang
pectic in American English
(ˈpektɪk)
adjective
pertaining to pectin
Word origin
[1825–35; ‹ Gk pēktikós congealing, equiv. to pēkt(ós) congealed (verbid of pēgnýnai to fix in, make solid) + -ikos-ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: archaic, cliché, individualism, self-help, spiritualism-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)
Examples of 'pectic' in a sentence
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The gelling ability of the pectic substances has been studied.
Salishcheva O.V., Donya D.V. 2013, 'A STUDY OF THE COMPLEXING AND GELLING ABILITIES OF PECTIC SUBSTANCES', Foods and Raw Materialshttp://jfrm.ru/?page=archive&jrn=2&article=13. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Most species have mucilage canals containing pectic compounds of mucopolysaccharides.
M. F. Thompson 1976, 'Studies in the Hypoxidaceae. I. Vegetative morphology and anatomyt', Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservationhttps://abcjournal.org/index.php/abc/article/view/1383. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The chemical compositions showed that the polysaccharides are of pectic nature.
Yuan-Feng Zou, Bing-Zhao Zhang, Hilde Barsett, Kari Tvete Inngjerdingen, Drissa Diallo,Terje Einar Michaelsen, Berit Smestad Paulsen 2014, 'Complement Fixing Polysaccharides from Terminalia macroptera Root Bark, Stem Barkand Leaves', Moleculeshttp://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/19/6/7440. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Macergens are bacteria capable of releasing pectic enzymes (pectolytic bacteria).
Bukola Rhoda Aremu, Olubukola Oluranti Babalola, Olubukola Oluranti Babalola 2015, 'Classification and taxonomy of vegetable macergens', Frontiers in Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01361/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Monosaccharide composition of the pectic fractions was similar to others already described.
Márcia V. Marcon, Lúcia C. Vriesmann, Gilvan Wosiacki, Eliana Beleski-Carneiro, CarmenL. O. Petkowicz 2005, 'Pectins from apple pomace', Polímeroshttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-14282005000200012. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Salts and residual low-molar-mass carbohydrates were further removed from the isolated pectic acids by dialysis.
Anna C. Sundberg, Andrey V. Pranovich, Ville J. Saarimaa, Bjarne R. Holmbom 2007, 'ISOLATION OF PECTIC ACIDS FROM BLEACHED TMP WATER AND AGGREGATION OF MODEL AND TMPPECTIC ACIDS BY CALCIUM', BioResourceshttp://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/viewFile/BioRes_2_4_638_651_Saarimaa_PSH_PecticAcids_BlTMP_Aggr_Ca/69. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Moderate production of pectic enzymes was evidenced in the majority of the isolates.
Carlos Eduardo Marchi, Celso Dornelas Fernandes, Luciana Roberta de Araújo Guimarães,Larissa Rodrigues Fabris, Mirian de Freitas Borges, Renata Aline Trentin, Vanessade Fátima Jerba 2009, 'Atividade pectinolítica de Colletotrichum gloeosporioides e a relação com a agressividadeao Stylosanthes spp Pectinolytic activity of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and itsrelationship with aggressiveness to Stylosanthes spp', Bragantiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0006-87052009000200017. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Tests consisted of growth and colorimetric assays on media designed to evaluate different pectic enzymes.
Giuseppe Surico, Guido Marchi, Laura Mugnai, Renato D'Ovidio, Serena Roberti 2001, 'Pectic Enzymes Production by «Phaeomoniella chlamydospora»', Phytopathologia Mediterraneahttp://www.fupress.net/index.php/pm/article/view/1632. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)