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| Noun | 1. A sweet tasting alkaloid that occurs in sugar beets.[Wordnet] 2. A nitrogenous base, C5H11NO2, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beet-root molasses and its residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- called also lycine and oxyneurine. It has a sweetish taste.[Websters]. | |
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Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
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Date "Betaine" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
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Note: Betaine \Be"ta*ine\, noun. [From beta, generic name of the beet.]. (references) |
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| Cocamidopropyl betaine | Cocamidopropyl betaine (CAPB) is a zwitterionic surfactant with a quaternary ammonium cation in its molecule. It is a viscous pale yellow transparent liquid and is used as a surfactant in bath products like shampoos and hand soaps, and in cosmetics as an emulsifying agent and thickener, and to reduce irritation purely ionic surfactants would cause. It also serves as an antistatic agent in hair conditioners. (references) | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: BETAINE | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Cocamidopropyl betaine | 11 | Betaine reductase | 10 | |
| Betaine reductase | 10 | Cocamidopropyl betaine | 11 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Bohemian | betain (betaine). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, betaine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | betain (betaine). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, betaine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 氯醛甜茶碱 (chloral betaine). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, betaine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | betain (betaine). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, betaine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | Betain (betaine, Trimethylglycine). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, betaine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | bétaïne (betaine). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, betaine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | bétaïne (betaine). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, betaine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | Betain (betaine, Trimethylglycine). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, betaine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguk Mal | 베타인 (betaine). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, betaine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguohua | 베타인 (betaine). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, betaine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | Betain (betaine, Trimethylglycine). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, betaine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | Betain (betaine, Trimethylglycine). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, betaine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | betaina (betaine). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, betaine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | ベタイン (betaine). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, betaine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Korean | 베타인 (betaine). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, betaine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | betaína (betaine). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, betaine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | betaína (betaine). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, betaine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
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| Language | Translations for “betaine” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Athag | bathagetathagaathagine (betaine). Additional references: Athag, betaine. (volunteer) | |||
| Double Dutch | bagetagaagine (betaine). Additional references: Double Dutch, betaine. (volunteer) | |||
| Leet | 8£7^1[\]£ (betaine). Additional references: Leet, betaine. (volunteer) | |||
| Oppish | bopetopaopine (betaine). Additional references: Oppish, betaine. (volunteer) | |||
| Pig Latin | etainebay (betaine). Additional references: Pig Latin, betaine. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | betaina (betaine). Additional references: Terran B, betaine. (volunteer) | |||
| Ubbi Dubbi | bubetubaubine (betaine). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, betaine. (volunteer) | |||
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