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▪ I. adipate, n. Chem.|ˈædɪpeɪt| [f. adipic a. + -ate1.] A salt or ester of adipic acid.
1857H. Watts tr. Gmelin's Hand-bk. Chem. XI. p. xx, Adipates, C12H8M2O8 . 1863― Dict. Chem. I. 58 The adipates, C6H8M2O4 , are for the most part soluble in water and crystallisable; insoluble in alcohol. 1957L. Kelley Org. Chem. (ed. 2) xxi. 367 The same ketone [sc. cyclopentanone] is obtained when calcium adipate is heated alone. 1973Materials & Technol. VI. viii. 606 The most important plasticizers of this group are the adipates, sebacates, and azelates. 1990New Age Jrnl. June 34/2 A British government study showed that the plasticizer di-(2-ethylhexyl) adipate..migrates into fatty food. ▪ II. † ˈadipate, v. Obs.—0 [f. L. adipāt-us fatty, greasy, f. adip-em fat.] ‘To feed fat.’ Cockeram 1626. |