Definition of Caprate

1. n. A salt of capric acid.

Definition of Caprate

1. Noun. (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of capric acid ¹

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Definition of Caprate

1. a type of salt [n -S]

Medical Definition of Caprate

1. A salt or ester of capric acid. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caprate

cappelines
cappelletti
capper
capperbar
capperbars
cappers
capping
capping of mRNA
capping off
capping plane
capping planes
capping proteins
cappings
cappuccino
cappuccinos
caprate (current term)
caprates
capreolate
capreoline
capreomycidine
capreomycin
capreomycin N-acetyltransferase
capreomycin O-phosphotransferase
capreomycin sulfate
capreomycins
capri pants
capric
capric acid
capricci
capriccio

Literary usage of Caprate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"The primary amide of capric acid, produced by the action of strong ammonia, on an alcoholic solution of caprate of ethyl. When purified by crystallisation ..."

2. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"Those of the other metals are difficultly soluble or insoluble. A few, however, dissolve with difficulty in alcohol. Calcium caprate ..."

3. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1864)
"Neither caprylate nor caprate of calcium requires more than 200 parts of cold water for its solution ; whilst laurate of calcium requires about 10000 parts, ..."

4. The Condensed Chemical Dictionary: A Reference Volume for All Requiring by Francis Mills Turner, Daniel Deronda Berolzheimer, William Parker Cutter, John Helfrich, Chemical Catalog Company, Inc (1920)
"Railroad shipping regulations: None. Ethyl caprate* (Capric ''ether, ... See Ethyl caprate. ..."

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