acetator

From a theoretical Latin *acētātor from a acētāre (“to turn into acētum (“vinegar”)”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈæsɪˌteɪtɚ/

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acetator (plural acetators)

2. (biochemistry, organic chemistry) A device wherein bacteria process a liquid containing alcohol with the help of oxygen into carboxylic acid.

From Latin acētum +‎ -ator. First attested in 1966.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /a.t͡sɛˈta.tɔr/
• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: a‧ce‧ta‧tor

acetator m inan

1. (biochemistry, organic chemistry) acetator
   • Bibliografia Zawartości Czasopism‎^[2] (in Polish), volume 24, number 10, 1970, page 68: “CZUBA Jerzy: Opracowanie wymagań technologicznych do konstrukcji polskiego acetatora. ― CZUBA Jerzy: Developing the technological requirements for constructing a Polish acetator.”
   • 2002 June 26, Piotrek, “acetatory”, in pl.sci.chemia‎^[3] (Usenet):

     Witam wszystkich, poszukuję literatury na temat acetatorów rodzaje, budowa
     itp.

     Hey everyone, I'm looking for literature on acetators, types, build
     etc.

• acetator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• acetator in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego