Terephthalate

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

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

An effort was made to fit the flexible tube at least 3 mm deep onto the vasculature; (2) for the remaining systems, 3D-printed polyethylene terephthalate (PET) reservoir blocks were manufactured by PrintPlace using FDM technology. The additively manufactured PET reservoir blocks were previously applied and proven to effectively circulate the agent through the healing network [6].

For eons, the debris has contained the same things — flecks from plant and animal carcasses, feces, mucus, dust, microbes, viruses — and transported the ocean’s carbon to be stored on the seafloor. Increasingly, however, marine snowfall is being infiltrated by microplastics: fibers and fragments of polyamide, polyethylene and polyethylene terephthalate. And this fauxfall appears to be altering our planet’s ancient cooling process.

Word Forms

• terephthalates

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dimethyl, terephthaloyl, tetraphthalate, terephthalamide, phthalate, isophthalate.

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