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tartaric

tartaric

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Relating to an acid from grapes used in food and wine
  • adjective
  • /tɑːrˈtɛrɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : tartárico
  • The fruit's tartaric properties make it a popular choice for winemakers.
  • tartaric acid

And he said this is the relationship between these two tartaric acids.

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Examples

  • Chemists frequently study tartaric compounds to understand their effects in food.

  • OK, so so let's try it on tartaric acid here.

  • So remember you get tartaric acid grows from tartar on the walls of the wine barrels.

  • Louis Pasteur discovered conglomerate crystals while working with tartaric acid," Dowd explains.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Tartaric acid is often used in baking as a stabilizer for egg whites.

Compounds

tartaric acid
  • Specialized
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A white sour powder from fruits used to make food taste sour

Surface Forms

tartaric positive

Morphology

tartaric = tartar (transparent) = tartar + ic

Formed by the productive adjective suffix '-ic' from 'tartar', so the adjective meaning 'relating to tartar / tartaric acid' is directly derived.

Etymology

The word tartaric comes from tartar, a hard, crusty 'deposit' that forms in wine and sometimes on teeth; that deposit gave its name to the acid found in grapes and used in baking and winemaking. So, tartaric means 'from tartar', which is why we call the acid from grapes tartaric acid.