Digestate

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Material that has been digested, usually using acid or biomethanation.

    "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."

Example

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"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."

Etymology

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

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