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stearin

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

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