different between stearin vs stearic

English

Alternative forms

• stearine

Etymology

From French stéarine, from Ancient Greek ????? (stéar, “fat”).

Noun

stearin (usually uncountable, plural stearins)

1. Solid fat.
2. (organic chemistry) A glyceride (especially 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.

Derived terms

• monostearin
• distearin
• tristearin

Translations

See also

• olein

Anagrams

• Reitans, Stanier, anestri, antsier, atrines, erastin, in tears, nastier, rainest, ratinés, resiant, restain, retains, retinas, retsina, rinsate, stainer, starnie, tin ears, transie

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French stéarine

Noun

stearin m (definite singular stearinen)

1. stearin

Derived terms

• stearinlys

References

• “stearin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French stéarine

Noun

stearin m (definite singular stearinen)

1. stearin

Derived terms

• stearinlys

References

• “stearin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French stéarine, from Ancient Greek ????? (stéar, “fat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ste?ri?n/
• Hyphenation: ste?a?rin

Noun

steàr?n m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. stearin

Declension

English

Etymology

From French stéarique, from Ancient Greek ????? (stéar, “tallow”) +? -ique.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sti.?r.?k/, /sti?ar.?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /sti?ær.?k/, /?sti?ær.?k/, /?st?r.?k/
• Rhymes: -ær?k, -?r?k

Adjective

stearic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to stearin, tallow etc.
2. (organic chemistry) Of or relating to stearic acid or its derivatives.

References

• “stearic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “stearic”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• Caister, atresic, cristae, cristæ, raciest

Romanian

Etymology

From French stéarique.

Adjective

stearic m or n (feminine singular stearic?, masculine plural stearici, feminine and neuter plural stearice)

1. stearic

Declension