sulfate.
Any salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
Meaning & usage
Any salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
Where this word comes from
From French sulfate, from New Latin sulphatum, taken from the expression acidum sulphatum (“sulfuric acid”), from sulphatus, from Latin sulphur (“sulfur”). The term was first used in 1787 by the French chemist L. B. G. De Morveau. Equivalent to sulf(ur) + -ate (“salt or ester”).
To treat something with sulfuric acid, a sulfate, or with sulfur dioxide.
To accumulate a deposit of lead sulfate.
Where this word comes from
From the above noun, through -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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