Associations to the word «Ester»

Wiktionary

ESTER, noun. (organic chemistry) A compound most often formed by the condensation of an alcohol and an acid, with elimination of water, which contains the functional group carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom.

Dictionary definition

ESTER, noun. Formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King