different between detartration vs detartrate

English

Etymology

de- +? tartrate +? -ation

Noun

detartration (uncountable)

1. The process of detartrating, i.e. removing tartrates, especially from fruit juices and wines, in order to reduce tartness or sourness.
   • 1959, Purdue University Dept. of Engineering, Extension Series, p. 801:

     Detartration is of interest if potassium bitartrate is to be recovered.

   • 1951, Morris Boris Jacobs, The Chemistry and Technology of Food and Food Products, p. 2200

     Detartration by bulk storage is accomplished in one of two ways.

English

Etymology

de- +? tartrate

Verb

detartrate (third-person singular simple present detartrates, present participle detartrating, simple past and past participle detartrated)

1. To remove tartrates, especially from fruit juices and wines, in order to reduce tartness or sourness.
   • 2002, Richard P. Vine, Ellen M. Harkness, Sally J. Linton, Winemaking: From Grape Growing to Marketplace, p. 134:

     Conditioning treatments are employed to clean, detartrate, and discourage microbial growth.

Derived terms

• detartration

Anagrams

• atterrated