'Ester' definitions:
Definition of 'ester'
From: WordNet
noun
Formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
Definition of 'Ester'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'ester'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Ester, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.