fermentasi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch fermentatie, from Latin fermentātiō, fermentātiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fermenˈtasi/
  • Hyphenation: fér‧mén‧ta‧si

Noun

férméntasi (first-person possessive fermentasiku, second-person possessive fermentasimu, third-person possessive fermentasinya)

  1. (biochemistry) fermentation: any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide.
    Synonym: peragian

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