Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

digestate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.06 in modern English

Syllables: di-ges-tate
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Material that has been digested, usually using acid or biomethanation.

Example Sentences

"The sample was digested with sulphuric acid, neutralized, distilled, and Nesslerized. At the same time, tests were run [...] to obtain concordant results by direct Nesslerization of the ammonia formed by the distillation of the digestate."
"Digestates were quantitatively transferred and diluted to a final volume of 50 ml with 1% HOT. Diluted digestates of bluegill samples were stored in preleached (Karin et al. 1975) conventional polyethylene bottles (Moody and Lindstrom 1977) prior to analysis."

Etymology

From digest + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Inflected Forms

digestates (plural)

Questions

What does digestate mean?: Material that has been digested, usually using acid or biomethanation.
Where does digestate come from?: From digest + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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