- 1. a. Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars. Source: opted
- 2. a. Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling, tartar. Source: opted
- 3. adj. relating to or derived from or resembling tartar Source: wordnet
- 4. Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars. Tartarian lamb (Bot.), Scythian lamb. See Barometz. Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling, tartar. Tartaric acid. (a) An acid widely diffused throughout the vegetable kingdom, as in grapes, mountain-ash berries, etc., and obtained from tartar as a white crystalline substance, C2H2(OH)2.(CO2H)2, having a strong pure acid taste. It is used in medicine, in dyeing, calico printing, photography, etc., and also as a substitute for lemon juice. Called also dextro-tartaric acid. (b) By extension, any one of the series of isomeric acids (racemic acid, levotartaric acid, inactive tartaric acid) of which tartaric acid proper is the type. Source: webster
- 5. Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling,tartar. Tartaric acid. (a) An acid widely diffused throughout thevegetable kingdom, as in grapes, mountain-ash berries, etc., andobtained from tartar as a white crystalline substance,C2H2(OH)2.(CO2H)2, having a strong pure acid taste. It is used inmedicine, in dyeing, calico printing, photography, etc., and also asa substitute for lemon juice. Called also dextro-tartaric acid. (b)By extension, any one of the series of isomeric acids (racemic acid,levotartaric acid, inactive tartaric acid) of which tartaric acidproper is the type. Source: adambom
- 6. a. relating to or derived from or resembling tartar Source: ecdict
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