acetification

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n.

The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.


[uh-SEE-tuh-fih-KAY-shuhn] The process of wine turning into vinegar, the most common cause of which is spoilage, as acetic bacteria convert alcohol to acetic acid and ethyl acetate.

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