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acetate
- /ˈæsɪteɪ̯t/
Where it comes from
Formed from the root of Latin acētum (“vinegar”) + -ate, from aceō (“to be sour”). By surface analysis, acet- + -ate.
noun acetates
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Any ester or salt of acetic acid.
[…] to pad a piece in diluted acetate of alumine to obtain a pale lemon ground […]
Similar: ethanoate
- Cellulose acetate. Performers use acetate because eyelash glue is not available. They create eyelashes out of horse hair or cut from carbon paper. Their nails are glued on with a shoe adhesive.
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A transparent sheet used for overlays, whether of cellulose acetate or (loosely) any macroscopically similar plastic.
Near-synonym: gel
Similar: gel
- Ellipsis of acetate disc (A disc of aluminium covered in a wax used to make demonstration copies of a phonograph record) Acetates are a relic of the days before cassettes, DAT, and recordable CDs came into widespread use in recording studios. Manufactured from aluminum, and coated in a thin sheet of vinyl, they were produced to allow the concerned parties to hear how a particular version of a recording would sound out
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: acetate rayon, acetic, myristate, butyrate, acetone, ammonia, ethyl, uranyl, mafenide, leuprolide, rayon, slide, rayons, acetate ion, acetyl, acetylate
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Talk about this word "acetate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/acetate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. acetate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/acetate "acetate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/acetate.Cite this
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title = {acetate},
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