stearin
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French stéarine, from Ancient Greek στέαρ (stéar, “fat”).
Noun
stearin (usually uncountable, plural stearins)
- Solid fat.
- (organic chemistry) The triglyceride of stearic acid.
- 1860, Oil, entry in The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Volumes 16: Murillo—Organ, page 415,
- When exposed to the temperature of 32°, it[whale oil] deposits stearin, and the oil separated from the stearin by filtration is soluble in 0.82 of pure alcohol when heated to about 168° Fahr.
- 1997, Ralph E. Timms, 8: Fractionation, Frank D. Gunstone, Fred B. Padley (editors), Lipid Technologies and Applications, page 217,
- Palmkernel (PK) oil is fractionated in one step to concentrate the triglycerides containing medium-chain fatty acids (lauric and myristic) into a stearin fraction.
- 2008, Matthew Stein, When Technology Fails, page 411,
- Stearin is a hard, nongreasy substance, an ester of stearic acid, that is mixed with molten tallow at about a 1:9 ratio to make a tallow candle that is harder, burns longer, and does not give off the usual smoke and unpleasant odors of ordinary tallow.
- 1860, Oil, entry in The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Volumes 16: Murillo—Organ, page 415,
Translations
the triglyceride of stearic acid
See also
Norwegian Bokmål
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Derived terms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From French stéarine, from Ancient Greek στέαρ (stéar, “fat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /steǎriːn/
- Hyphenation: ste‧a‧rin
Declension
Declension of stearin
singular | |
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nominative | steàrīn |
genitive | stearína |
dative | stearinu |
accusative | stearin |
vocative | stearine |
locative | stearinu |
instrumental | stearinom |
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