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Acetate vs. Record — What's the Difference?

Acetate vs. Record — What's the Difference?

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Acetate

An acetate is a salt formed by the combination of acetic acid with a base (e.g. alkaline, earthy, metallic, nonmetallic or radical base).

Record

To set down for preservation in writing or other permanent form
She recorded her thoughts in a diary.

Acetate

A salt or ester of acetic acid, containing the anion CH₃COO⁻ or the group —OOCCH₃.

Record

To register or indicate
The clerk recorded the votes.

Acetate

Cellulose acetate, especially as used to make textile fibres or plastic
Acetate silk
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Record

To render (sound or images) into permanent form for reproduction in a magnetic or electronic medium.

Acetate

A salt or ester of acetic acid.

Record

To record the words, sound, appearance, or performance of (someone or something)
Recorded the oldest townspeople on tape.
Recorded the violin concerto.

Acetate

Cellulose acetate or any of various products, especially fibers, derived from it.

Record

To record something.

Acetate

(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of acetic acid.

Record

An account, as of information or facts, set down especially in writing as a means of preserving knowledge.

Acetate

Cellulose acetate.

Record

Something on which such an account is based.

Acetate

A transparent sheet used for overlays.

Record

Something that records
A fossil record.

Acetate

Ellipsis of acetate disc: a disc of aluminium covered in a wax used to make demonstration copies of a phonograph record.

Record

Information or data on a particular subject collected and preserved
The coldest day on record.

Acetate

A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash.

Record

The known history of performance, activities, or achievement
Your academic record.
Hampered by a police record.

Acetate

A salt or ester of acetic acid

Record

An unsurpassed measurement
A world record in weightlifting.
A record for cold weather.

Acetate

A fabric made from cellulose acetate fibers

Record

(Computers) A collection of related, often adjacent items of data, treated as a unit.

Record

(Law) A transcript or a collection of statements and related information reporting the proceedings of a legislative body, a court, or an executive.

Record

A disk designed to be played on a phonograph.

Record

A musical recording that is issued on a medium of some kind.

Record

An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
The person had a record of the interview so she could review her notes.
The tourist's photographs and the tape of the police call provide a record of the crime.

Record

Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
We have no record of you making this payment to us.

Record

Ellipsis of phonograph record: a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.
I still like records better than CDs.

Record

(computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
Pull up the record on John Smith. What's his medical history?

Record

(programming) A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C# and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data.

Record

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Record

The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.
The heat and humidity were both new records.
The team set a new record for most points scored in a game.

Record

(attributive) Enough to break previous records and set a new one; world-class; extreme.

Record

(transitive) To make a record of information.
I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations.

Record

(transitive) To make an audio or video recording of.
Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it.

Record

To give legal status to by making an official public record.
When the deed was recorded, we officially owned the house.

Record

(intransitive) To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.

Record

(intransitive) To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.

Record

To repeat; to practice.

Record

To sing or repeat a tune.

Record

(obsolete) To reflect; to ponder.

Record

To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.

Record

To repeat; to recite; to sing or play.
They longed to see the day, to hear the larkRecord her hymns, and chant her carols blest.

Record

To preserve the memory of, by committing to writing, to printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to enroll; as, to record the proceedings of a court; to record historical events.
Those things that are recorded of him . . . are written in the chronicles of the kings.

Record

To reflect; to ponder.
Praying all the way, and recording upon the words which he before had read.

Record

To sing or repeat a tune.
Whether the birds or she recorded best.

Record

A writing by which some act or event, or a number of acts or events, is recorded; a register; as, a record of the acts of the Hebrew kings; a record of the variations of temperature during a certain time; a family record.

Record

An official contemporaneous writing by which the acts of some public body, or public officer, are recorded; as, a record of city ordinances; the records of the receiver of taxes.

Record

Testimony; witness; attestation.
John bare record, saying.

Record

That which serves to perpetuate a knowledge of acts or events; a monument; a memorial.

Record

That which has been, or might be, recorded; the known facts in the course, progress, or duration of anything, as in the life of a public man; as, a politician with a good or a bad record.

Record

That which has been publicly achieved in any kind of competitive sport as recorded in some authoritative manner, as the time made by a winning horse in a race.

Record

Anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events;
The film provided a valuable record of stage techniques

Record

The number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had;
At 9-0 they have the best record in their league

Record

An extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport);
He tied the Olympic record
Coffee production last year broke all previous records
Chicago set the homicide record

Record

Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves

Record

The sum of recognized accomplishments;
The lawyer has a good record
The track record shows that he will be a good president

Record

A list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted;
He ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court
The prostitute had a record a mile long

Record

A compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone;
Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'
His name is in all the recordbooks

Record

A document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction;
They could find no record of the purchase

Record

Make a record of; set down in permanent form

Record

Register electronically;
They recorded her singing

Record

Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments;
The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero
The gauge read `empty'

Record

Be aware of;
Did you register any change when I pressed the button?

Record

Be or provide a memorial to a person or an event;
This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps
We memorialized the Dead

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