BUTYRATE
Bu"ty*rate, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of butyric acid.
BUTYRIC
Bu*tyr"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, butter. Butyric acid, 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- and iso-butyric acid. The normal butyric acid is the one common in rancid butter.
BUTYRIN
Bu"ty*rin, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: A butyrate of glycerin; a fat contained in small quantity in milk, which helps to give to butter its peculiar flavor.
BUTYROMETER
Bu`ty*rom"e*ter, n. Etym: [L. butyrum butter + -meter.]
Defn: An instrument for determining the amount of fatty matter or butter contained in a sample of milk.
BUTYRONE
Bu"ty*rone, n. Etym: [Butyric + -one.] (Chem.)
Defn: A liquid ketone obtained by heating calcium butyrate.