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Ethyl Acetate

Definition: Ethyl Acetate

Ethyl Acetate

Noun

1. A fragrant colorless flammable volatile liquid ester made from ethanol and acetic acid; used in flavorings and perfumes and as a solvent for plastics.

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Specialty Definitions: Ethyl Acetate

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Food & Agriculture

The ester formed by the reaction of ethyl alcohol and acetic acid. It is formed by various microorganisms, notably Acetobacter spp. and Hansenula spp. Small amounts occur in normal wines and larger amounts in wines spoiled by Acetobacter. Source: European Union. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Ethyl Acetate

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Books

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Non-Fiction Usage: Ethyl Acetate

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Health

Concentrate using the formalin ethyl acetate sedimentation technique. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Ethyl Acetate

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

ethyl acetate

53
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Modern Translations: Ethyl Acetate

Language Translations for "ethyl acetate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

ethylacetat (acetic ether, ethylacetate). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

ethyl-acetaat (acetic ether, ethylacetate). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

etyyliasetaatti (acetic ether, ethylacetate). (various references)

   

French

  

acétate d'éthyle (acetic ether, ethylacetate), éther acétique (acetic ether, ethylacetate), éther éthylacétique (acetic ether, ethylacetate). (various references)

   

German

  

Ethylacetat (acetic ether, ethylacetate), Essigsäureäthylester (acetic ether, ethylacetate), Essigester (acetic ether, ethylacetate), Äthylazetat (acetic ether, ethylacetate), Äthylacetat (acetic ether, ethylacetate). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

οξεικός αιθυλεστέρας (acetic ether, ethylacetate). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

etilacetát, ecetsavetilészter. (various references)

   

Italian

  

etere etilacetico (acetic ether, ethylacetate), etere acetico (acetic ether, ethylacetate), acetato d'etile (acetic ether, ethylacetate). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ethylay acetateay

   

Portuguese

  

acetato de étilo (acetic ether, ethylacetate). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

acetato de etilo (acetic ether, ethylacetate), éster etilacético (acetic ether, ethylacetate). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

etylacetat (acetic ether, ethylacetate). (various references)

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Misspellings: Ethyl Acetate

Misspellings

"Ethyl Acetate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ethyl actate. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Ethyl Acetate

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-e-h-l-t-t-t-y"

-3 letters: acetylate.

-4 letters: cattleya, ethylate, leachate.

-5 letters: acetate, acylate, athlete, attache, chaetae, chaetal, chattel, chelate, lactate, latchet, layette, thecate.

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Alternative Orthography: Ethyl Acetate


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 74 68 79 6C      41 63 65 74 61 74 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01110100 01101000 01111001 01101100 00100000 01000001 01100011 01100101 01110100 01100001 01110100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#116 &#104 &#121 &#108 &#32 &#65 &#99 &#101 &#116 &#97 &#116 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0074 0068 0079 006C      0041 0063 0065 0074 0061 0074 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3986749178235697186678671

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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