Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to, containing, or derived from butter.
- adjective Relating to or derived from butyric acid.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or derived from butter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, butter.
- adjective C3H7.CO2H, an acid found in butter; an oily, limpid fluid, having the smell of rancid butter, and an acrid taste, with a sweetish aftertaste, like that of ether. There are two metameric butyric acids, called in distinction the
normal- andiso-butyric acid. The normal butyric acid is the one common in rancid butter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective rare Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of
butter - adjective organic chemistry Of, pertaining to, or derived from
butyric acid or any of theisomeric univalent radicals of formula C3H7CO2-
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or producing butyric acid
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The Japanese fisheries agency said activists on Thursday obstructed Japanese whaling in the Antarctic by throwing bottles of what it described as butyric acid onto whaling ships, as well as flashing laser lights and using water cannon.
EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed Reuters: none given 2010
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The Japanese fisheries agency said activists on Thursday obstructed Japanese whaling in the Antarctic by throwing bottles of what it described as butyric acid onto whaling ships, as well as flashing laser lights and using water cannon.
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Then there ` s a fifth stage called butyric fermentation.
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Sometimes Carlie hands me the squirt bottle of "Bam" (an acronym for something that begins, ominously, with "butyric" - the rest of it has been worn off the label) and lets me do the bathrooms.
Nickel and Dimed Ehrenreich, Barbara 2001
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For example, the two substances called butyric acid and acetic ether are isomeric bodies.
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Also, according to the doctors at Metametrix, plant fiber is THE main source of beneficial SCFAs such as butyric acid.
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And of late years a number of other compounds, such as butyric acid, and others, have been added to the list.
Darwiniana : Essays — Volume 02 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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Fats break down, into butyric and isovaleric acids; this gives flavour and odour to butter and cheese, and to the fat produced by our sweat glands – hence the odour of cheesy feet.
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• To make a cheddar cheese flavor for string cheese, Ms. Wright used oleic acid, reminiscent of animal fat; capric acid, which smells like candle wax; indole, found in orange-flower scent; methional, a potato-like smell; and a hint of butyric acid, which "smells of vomit."
The Tastemaker in Her Flavor Factory Alexandra Alter 2011
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It has a good ratio of omega 3 fats, as well as butyric acid and CLA which have both been shown to help prevent cancer.
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