Sulfate
noun
1.
Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
verb (used with object), sulfated, sulfating.
2.
to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfuric acid, a sulfate, or sulfates.
3.
to convert into a sulfate.
4.
Electricity. to form a deposit of lead-sulfate compound on (the lead electrodes of a storage battery).
verb (used without object), sulfated, sulfating.
5.
to become sulfated.
sulfate sul·fate (sŭl’fāt’)
n.
A salt or an ester of sulfuric acid.
The bivalent group SO4.
A chemical compound containing such a group.
v. sul·fat·ed, sul·fat·ing, sul·fates
To treat or react with sulfuric acid or a sulfate.
To become sulfated.
sulfate
(sŭl’fāt’)
A salt or ester of sulfuric acid, containing the group SO4.
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