Treated with or combined with acetic acid or acetates; chemically bonded with acetate groups.
From 'acetate' (a salt or ester of acetic acid) + the past participle suffix '-ed'. 'Acetate' comes from Latin 'acetum' (vinegar). The '-ed' suffix indicates the substance has been treated or combined with acetate.
Acetated cellulose was the breakthrough material that made movie film safer—early films were so flammable they caused devastating theater fires, but acetated film solved that problem and let cinema flourish!
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