noun.
Any of a class of compounds derived from an oxyacid, usually resulting from the reaction of an oxyacid and an alcohol with the elimination of water.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Same as compound ether (which see, under ether).
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
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.
noun.
A compound most often formed by the condensation of an alcohol and an acid, with elimination of water. It contains the functional groupcarbon-oxygendouble bond joined via carbon to another oxygenatom.
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noun.
formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
Word Usage
"Then tell me if amino adenosine triacid ester is a genome."