Ester

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ester \Es"ter\, n. [A word invented by L. Gmelin, a German
     chemist.] (Chem.)
     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.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ester
       n : formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with
           elimination of water

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "ester":
     animal oil, cerate, drying oil, essential oil, fat, fatty oil,
     fixed oil, glycerin, glycerin jelly, glycerogel, glycerogelatin,
     glycerol, glycerole, grease, hydrogenated fat, lipid, margarin,
     mineral oil, oil, olein, oleum, palmitin, polyunsaturated fat,
     sebum, stearin, tallow, triolein, tripalmitin, tristearin,
     unsaturated fat, vegetable oil, volatile oil
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Ester, AK (CDP, FIPS 23460)
    Location: 64.86126 N, 148.02454 W
    Population (1990): 147 (87 housing units)
    Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Ester, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska
     Population (2000):    1680
     Housing Units (2000): 814
     Land area (2000):     64.628190 sq. miles (167.386237 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.051043 sq. miles (0.132201 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    64.679233 sq. miles (167.518438 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            23460
     Located within:       Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
     Location:             64.855700 N, 147.978434 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Ester, AK
      Ester