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Definition: ESTERS

Part of Speech Definition
Noun Plural 1. Plural inflection of the noun ester.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Noun Base
(ester)
1. Formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water.[Wordnet].
2. An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or inorganic; thus the natural fats are esters of glycerin and the fatty acids, oleic, etc.[Websters].

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"Esters" is a common misspelling or typo for: eaters, testers, jesters, nesters, festers, lesters, easters, westers, seters, vesters, pesters, gesters, besters, zesters, resters.

Date "Esters" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1549. (references)

Specialty Definition: ESTERS

Domain Definition
Food & Agriculture Substances formed by combination of acids with alcohols. Esters are normal constituents of wines. Source: European Union. (references)

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Specialty Expressions: ESTERS

Expressions Domain Definition
Acid esters Food & Agriculture Esters of di-or tricarboxylic acids which still have one or more free carboxyl(acid)groups. Source: European Union. (references)
Cholesterol Esters Health Fatty acid esters of cholesterol which constitute about two-thirds of the cholesterol in the plasma. The accumulation of cholesterol esters in the arterial intima is a characteristic feature of atherosclerosis. (references)
Neutral esters Food & Agriculture Esters not having a free acid group. Source: European Union. (references)
Oenanthic esters Food & Agriculture Volatile substances which contribute to the bouquet of wine and particularly that of brandy. Source: European Union. (references)
Phorbol Esters Health Tumor-promoting compounds obtained from croton oil (Croton tiglium). Some of these are used in cell biological experiments as activators of protein kinase C. (references)
Phosphoric Acid Esters Health Organic esters of phosphoric acid. (references)
Sulfuric Acid Esters Health Organic esters of sulfuric acid. (references)
Volatile esters Food & Agriculture Esters of volatile acids which are themselves volatile. Source: European Union. (references)

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Topics by Level of Interest: ESTERS

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Glycerol esters of wood rosins 6     Amino esters 3
Amino esters 3     Glycerol esters of wood rosins 6

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).

"esters" is a common misspelling or typo for: eaters, testers, jesters, nesters, festers, lesters, easters, westers, seters, vesters, pesters, gesters, besters, zesters, resters.

Synonyms: esters
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

Esther.
Consider also: nucleotides, urethanes, polyesters, ethers.
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Computed Synonyms: esters

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   4.0598   esters     ESTer     ether, respect, Esther, Luminiferous aether, honor   
 2   3.3197   esters     ethers     skies, heavens, blues, ether, etchers   
 3   3.1095   esters     respects     reverences, deferences, respect, obeisances, observances   
 4   2.2095   esters     honors     regards, graces, credits, honor, worships   
 5   2.1095   esters     reveres     reverences, honours, regards, venerates, hallows   
 6   2.1093   esters     worships     reverences, respects, idolizes, honors, honours   
 7   2.1093   esters     hallows     blesses, reveres, worships, honors, holies   
 8   2.1093   esters     venerates     honours, reverences, venerate, reveres, revere   
 9   2.0397   esters     Esther     ESTer, Book of Esther, estre, Astaire, Athena   
 10   1.5098   esters     asters     eyes, bights, grips, kinks, loops   
 11   1.2394   esters     estimators     raters, estimationers, esteemers, guessers, calculators   
 12   1.2097   esters     stars     spiders, asterisks, crowfoots, braces, baskets   
 13   1.2095   esters     airs     breaths, blasts, guises, views, sights   
 14   1.1193   esters     expertises     competences, proficiencies, abilities, experiences, knowledges   
 15   1.1191   esters     evaluations     appreciations, examinations, computations, esteems, calculations   
--------------------     8 synonyms ranked from 16 to 23 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Expressions: esters

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Expression

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   7.9997   oenanthic esters     oenanthic ethers         
 2   4.1176   re-arrangement of the esters     trans-esterification process         
 3   4.0073   polyglycol esters of fatty acids     non-polymerized         
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: ESTERS

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya إسترات الإيثيل لحمض الفوسفوريك (ethyl esters of phosphoric acid). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha إسترات الإيثيل لحمض الفوسفوريك (ethyl esters of phosphoric acid). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic إسترات الإيثيل لحمض الفوسفوريك (ethyl esters of phosphoric acid). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian esteri (esters), estery (esters), nitro spojevi (nitric esters), glukozil esteri (glucosyl esters), ferocenilmetil esteri (ferrocenylmethyl esters). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Danish ester (ESTer, ESTer bond, ESTer linkage, esters), alkylsalt (esters), mono-og diacetylvinsyreestere af mono-og diglycerider af spisefedtsyrer (mono-and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), citronsyreestere af mono-og diglycerider af spisefedtsyrer (citric acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), glycerolestere af kolofonium (glycerol esters of wood resins), sur ester (acid esters), syrlig ester (acid esters), epoksy-estere (epoxy esters), maelke-og spisefedtsyreestere af glycerol (lactylated fatty acid esters of glycerol), neutral ester (neutral esters). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina esteri (esters), estery (esters), nitro spojevi (nitric esters), glukozil esteri (glucosyl esters), ferocenilmetil esteri (ferrocenylmethyl esters). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Croatian esteri (esters). Additional references: Croatian, Croatia, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech esteri (esters), estery (esters), nitro spojevi (nitric esters), glukozil esteri (glucosyl esters), ferocenilmetil esteri (ferrocenylmethyl esters). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Danish ester (ESTer, ESTer bond, ESTer linkage, esters), alkylsalt (esters), mono-og diacetylvinsyreestere af mono-og diglycerider af spisefedtsyrer (mono-and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), citronsyreestere af mono-og diglycerider af spisefedtsyrer (citric acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), glycerolestere af kolofonium (glycerol esters of wood resins), sur ester (acid esters), syrlig ester (acid esters), epoksy-estere (epoxy esters), maelke-og spisefedtsyreestere af glycerol (lactylated fatty acid esters of glycerol), neutral ester (neutral esters). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Dansk ester (ESTer, ESTer bond, ESTer linkage, esters), alkylsalt (esters), mono-og diacetylvinsyreestere af mono-og diglycerider af spisefedtsyrer (mono-and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), citronsyreestere af mono-og diglycerider af spisefedtsyrer (citric acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), glycerolestere af kolofonium (glycerol esters of wood resins), sur ester (acid esters), syrlig ester (acid esters), epoksy-estere (epoxy esters), maelke-og spisefedtsyreestere af glycerol (lactylated fatty acid esters of glycerol), neutral ester (neutral esters). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Ester (Ester, esters), Polyglycerolester der Fettsäuren (polyglycerol esters of fatty acids), saure Ester (acid esters). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch veresterde sterolen (sterol esters), esters van montaanzuur (montan acid esters), gemengde esters van melkzuur en vetzuren met glycerol en propyleenglycol (lactylated fatty acid esters of glycerol), gemengde esters van melkzuur en in spijsvetten voorkomende vetzuren met glycerol en propeenglycol (lactylated fatty acid esters of glycerol), carbonzure esters (carboxylic esters), vluchtige esters (volatile esters), glycerolesters van houthars (glycerol esters of wood resins), zure esters (acid esters), esters van polyglycerol met ongepolymeriseerde vetzuren (polyglycol esters of fatty acids), polyglycerolesters (polyglycol esters of fatty acids). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Finnish esteri (Ester, esters), enanttiesteri (oenanthic esters, oenanthic ethers), puuhartsien glyseroliesterit (glycerol esters of wood resins), neutraaliesteri (neutral esters), neutraali esteri (neutral esters), rasvahappojen mono-ja diglyseridien viinihappoesterit (tartaric acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), haihtuva esteri (volatile esters), rasvahappojen polyglyseroliesterit (non-polymerized, polyglycol esters of fatty acids), rasvahappojen mono-ja diglyseridien mono-ja diasetyyliviinihappoesterit (mono-and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), rasvahappojen mono-ja diglyseridien sitruunahappoesterit (citric acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Français esters (esters), monoesters d'acide gras du propylèneglycol (propylene glycol monofatty acid esters), éthers neutres (neutral esters), esters lactyliques d'acides gras (lactylic esters of fatty acids), esters minéraux de la cellulose (inorganic cellulose esters), esters organiques de la cellulose (organic cellulose esters), esters d'acides gras du propylène glycol (propylene glycol esters of fatty acids), esters de polyvinyl (polyvinyl esters), esters glycériques d'acides gras (glyceryl esters of fatty acids), esters d'acides diacéthyl tartrique et d'acide gras du glycérol (diacetic tartaric acid and fatty acid esters of glycerol). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
French esters (esters), monoesters d'acide gras du propylèneglycol (propylene glycol monofatty acid esters), éthers neutres (neutral esters), esters lactyliques d'acides gras (lactylic esters of fatty acids), esters minéraux de la cellulose (inorganic cellulose esters), esters organiques de la cellulose (organic cellulose esters), esters d'acides gras du propylène glycol (propylene glycol esters of fatty acids), esters de polyvinyl (polyvinyl esters), esters glycériques d'acides gras (glyceryl esters of fatty acids), esters d'acides diacéthyl tartrique et d'acide gras du glycérol (diacetic tartaric acid and fatty acid esters of glycerol). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
German Ester (Ester, esters), Polyglycerolester der Fettsäuren (polyglycerol esters of fatty acids), saure Ester (acid esters). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek εστέρες (esters), πτητικοί εστέρες (volatile esters), μέθοδος της τρανσεστεροποίησης (re-arrangement of the esters, trans-esterification process), μετατόπιση των εστέρων (re-arrangement of the esters, trans-esterification process), οινανθικοί εστέρες (oenanthic esters, oenanthic ethers), ουδέτεροι εστέρες (neutral esters), εστέρες χαμηλής πτητικότητος (low-volatile esters). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek (transliteration) esteres (esters), ptitikoi esteres (volatile esters), methodhos tis transesteropoiisis (re-arrangement of the esters, trans-esterification process), metatopisi ton esteron (re-arrangement of the esters, trans-esterification process), oinanthikoi esteres (oenanthic esters, oenanthic ethers), oidheteroi esteres (neutral esters), esteres khamilis ptitikotitos (low-volatile esters). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic إسترات الإيثيل لحمض الفوسفوريك (ethyl esters of phosphoric acid). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Ester (Ester, esters), Polyglycerolester der Fettsäuren (polyglycerol esters of fatty acids), saure Ester (acid esters). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Ester (Ester, esters), Polyglycerolester der Fettsäuren (polyglycerol esters of fatty acids), saure Ester (acid esters). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian esteri (esters, state), eteri volatili (volatile esters), eteri neutri (neutral esters), eteri acidi (acid esters), esteri racemici (racemic esters), esteri fosforici (phosphoric esters). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese エステル (ESTer, Esther, esters). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi estrar (esters), neutrala estrar (neutral esters), mono-och diglyceriders ättiksyraestrar (acetic acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), syraestrar (acid esters), mono-och diglyceriders citronsyraestrar (citric acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), E 472c (citric acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), E 445 (glycerol esters of wood resins), glycerolestrar av trähartser (glycerol esters of wood resins), E 472b (lactic acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), mono-och diglyceriders mjölksyraestrar (lactic acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Sjaelland ester (ESTer, ESTer bond, ESTer linkage, esters), alkylsalt (esters), mono-og diacetylvinsyreestere af mono-og diglycerider af spisefedtsyrer (mono-and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), citronsyreestere af mono-og diglycerider af spisefedtsyrer (citric acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), glycerolestere af kolofonium (glycerol esters of wood resins), sur ester (acid esters), syrlig ester (acid esters), epoksy-estere (epoxy esters), maelke-og spisefedtsyreestere af glycerol (lactylated fatty acid esters of glycerol), neutral ester (neutral esters). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Slovene na osnovi silikata ali fosforjevih estrov (based on silicate or phosphoric esters). Additional references: Slovene, Slovenia, Austria, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Slovenian na osnovi silikata ali fosforjevih estrov (based on silicate or phosphoric esters). Additional references: Slovenian, Slovenia, Austria, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Slovenscina na osnovi silikata ali fosforjevih estrov (based on silicate or phosphoric esters). Additional references: Slovenscina, Slovenia, Austria, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish ésteres (esters), Ester (ester, Esterly, esters, Esther, Esthern), éteres sales (esters), éteres neutros (neutral esters), éteres ácidos (acid esters), éteres volátiles (volatile esters), ésteres carboxílicos (carboxylic esters), ésteres epoxídicos (epoxy esters), E445 (glycerol esters of wood resins), esteres glicéridos de colofonia de madera (glycerol esters of wood resins). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomea esteri (Ester, esters), enanttiesteri (oenanthic esters, oenanthic ethers), puuhartsien glyseroliesterit (glycerol esters of wood resins), neutraaliesteri (neutral esters), neutraali esteri (neutral esters), rasvahappojen mono-ja diglyseridien viinihappoesterit (tartaric acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), haihtuva esteri (volatile esters), rasvahappojen polyglyseroliesterit (non-polymerized, polyglycol esters of fatty acids), rasvahappojen mono-ja diglyseridien mono-ja diasetyyliviinihappoesterit (mono-and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), rasvahappojen mono-ja diglyseridien sitruunahappoesterit (citric acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomi esteri (Ester, esters), enanttiesteri (oenanthic esters, oenanthic ethers), puuhartsien glyseroliesterit (glycerol esters of wood resins), neutraaliesteri (neutral esters), neutraali esteri (neutral esters), rasvahappojen mono-ja diglyseridien viinihappoesterit (tartaric acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), haihtuva esteri (volatile esters), rasvahappojen polyglyseroliesterit (non-polymerized, polyglycol esters of fatty acids), rasvahappojen mono-ja diglyseridien mono-ja diasetyyliviinihappoesterit (mono-and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), rasvahappojen mono-ja diglyseridien sitruunahappoesterit (citric acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska estrar (esters), neutrala estrar (neutral esters), mono-och diglyceriders ättiksyraestrar (acetic acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), syraestrar (acid esters), mono-och diglyceriders citronsyraestrar (citric acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), E 472c (citric acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), E 445 (glycerol esters of wood resins), glycerolestrar av trähartser (glycerol esters of wood resins), E 472b (lactic acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), mono-och diglyceriders mjölksyraestrar (lactic acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish estrar (esters), neutrala estrar (neutral esters), mono-och diglyceriders ättiksyraestrar (acetic acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), syraestrar (acid esters), mono-och diglyceriders citronsyraestrar (citric acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), E 472c (citric acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), E 445 (glycerol esters of wood resins), glycerolestrar av trähartser (glycerol esters of wood resins), E 472b (lactic acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids), mono-och diglyceriders mjölksyraestrar (lactic acid esters of mono-and di-glycerides of fatty acids). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, esters. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: ESTERS

Language Translations for “esters” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin estersway (esters). Additional references: Pig Latin, esters. (volunteer)
Terran B esters (esters). Additional references: Terran B, esters. (volunteer)
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