Sulfate

Quick meaning: Sulfate is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of sulfuric acid.

Meaning

(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of sulfuric acid.

More Meanings

1. (American spelling, transitive, chemistry) To treat something with sulfuric acid, a sulfate, or with sulfur dioxide.
2. (of a lead-acid battery) To accumulate a deposit of lead sulfate.

Example Sentences

Another type, also common in the Taipei area has more chlorides than sulfates, and while it is also hot, its flavor is more salty than sour. The springs at Chinshan on the north coast are typical of this type.

Iatrogenic poisoning can result from the use of magnesium in the treatment of hypertension or of toxemia of pregnancy; deaths have been reported from the use of magnesium sulfate enemas in megacolon and from oral administration for purging.

The technique would involve spraying large amounts of sulfate particles into the Earth’s lower stratosphere at altitudes as high as 12 miles. The scientists propose delivering the sulfates with specially designed high-altitude aircraft, balloons or large naval-style guns.

The whole world's fighting over fresh water like a pack of starving dogs with one stripped bone among them, and then Brazil started shooting all those sulfates into the stratosphere and—well, it was turning out just like the environazis said, only way worse and way fucking faster.

Word Forms

• sulfates
• sulphate
• sulfating
• sulfated

Synonyms for sulfate

Depending on context, synonyms include sulphate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sulphate, ammonium, sulphur, heptahydrate, sparteine, sulfatase.

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