Systems under fixed length: 1  Denier = Weight in grams of 9,000 metres. 2  Tex = Weight in grams of 1,000 metres. 3  Decitex = Weight in grams of 10,000 metres.
Medical Definition of THIOGLYCOLATE. : a salt or ester of thioglycolic acid.
Thiocyanate is analogous to the cyanate ion, [OCN]â, wherein oxygen is replaced by sulfur. [SCN]â is one of the pseudohalides, due to the similarity of its reactions to that of halide ions. Thiocyanate used to be known as rhodanide (from a Greek word for rose) because of the red colour of its complexes with iron.