Definition of Racemate

1. n. A salt of racemic acid.

Definition of Racemate

1. Noun. (chemistry) a racemic mixture ¹

2. Noun. (chemistry) any salt or ester of racemic acid ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Racemate

1. a chemical salt [n -S]

Medical Definition of Racemate

1. A salt of racemic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Racemate

racecard
racecards
racecars
racecourse
racecourses
raced
racefemine
racegoer
racegoers
racegoing
racehorse
racehorses
racelike
racemase
racemases
racemate (current term)
racemates
racemation
racemations
raceme
racemed
racemelike
racemes
racemethorphan
racemic
racemic acid
racemic mixture
racemiferous
racemiform
racemise

Literary usage of Racemate

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

1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1856)
"350 racemate of Boracic acid and Potash. — racemate of Potash and Ammonia . ... 358 racemate of Cobalt. — racemate of Cobalt and Potassium . ..."

2. The Phase Rule and Its Applications by Alexander Findlay (1904)
"Below the transition point, therefore, sodium ammonium racemate will break up in ... At a higher temperature, 35°, sodium ammonium racemate undergoes ..."

3. The Phase Rule and Its Applications by Alexander Findlay (1908)
"entirely disappear, and only racemate will be left as solid phase. ... Conversely, above the transition point, the saturated solution of the racemate would ..."

4. Elements of Inorganic Chemistry: Including the Applications of the Science by Thomas Graham (1866)
"The exception alluded to is the racemate of soda and ammonia. A solution of racemate of soda and race- mate of ammonia, in equivalent proportions, ..."

5. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"The same precipitate is formed on mixing racemate of sodium with chloride of ... The artificial calcic racemate, when dissolved in hydrochloric acid and ..."

6. The Optical Rotating Power of Organic Substances and Its Practical Applications by Hans Landolt, Otto Schönrock, Paul Lindner (1902)
"Again, it can happen that the separation of the double racemate may fail when a mixture of d- and /-sodium ammonium tartrates is exposed to a temperature ..."

7. The Optical Rotating Power of Organic Substances and Its Practical Applications by Hans Landolt, Otto Schönrock, Paul Lindner (1902)
"Again, it can happen that the separation of the double racemate may fail when a mixture of d- and /-sodium ammonium tartrates is exposed to a temperature ..."

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