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An acid pulp in certain fruits, as the pear. Grew.

A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash.

Combined with acetic acid.

Of a pertaining to vinegar; producing vinegar; producing vinegar; as, acetic fermentation.

The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.

An apparatus for hastening acetification. Knight.

To convert into acid or vinegar.

An instrument for estimating the amount of acetic acid in vinegar or in any liquid containing acetic acid.

The act or method of ascertaining the strength of vinegar, or the proportion of acetic acid contained in it. Ure.

A combination of acetic acid with glycerin. Brande & C.

To acetify. [R.]

Methyl ketol; also, any of various homologues of the same.

Same as Acetimeter. Brande & C.

A morbid condition characterized by the presence of acetone in the blood, as in diabetes.

atile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the distillation of certain acetates, or by the destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime.

Of or pertaining to acetone; as, acetonic bodies.

Excess of acetone in the urine, as in starvation or diabetes.

OC6H5, which may be obtained by the dry distillation of a mixture of the calcium salts of acetic and benzoic acids. It is used as a hypnotic under the name of hypnone.

Sour like vinegar; acetous.

The quality of being acetous; sourness.