different between stearine vs stearin

English

Noun

stearine (usually uncountable, plural stearines)

1. Alternative form of stearin
   • 1831, London Medical Gazette: Or, Journal of Practical Medicine, Volume 8, page 325,

     The solid and fixed oily bodies, or stearines, contain less water than the soft and delicate fats and fluid oils, while alcohol, the lowest of the class, contains as much as 39 per cent, of water, and is quite soluble in that fluid.

   • 1835, Fat, entry in Andrew Ure, William Nicholson, A Dictionary of Chemistry and Mineralogy, page 463,

     The margaric acid of the stearines had precisely the same capacity for saturation as that which was extracted from the soaps formed of fat.

   • 1990, Lynn A. Jones, Understanding Cottonseed Oil, David R. Erickson (editor), Edible Fats and Oils Processing, page 304,

     Although the saturated glycerides that make up stearine are found in many kinds of oils, the amount of stearine found in cottonseed oil makes it rather unique.

   • 2002, (Indian) National Institute of Industrial Research, Modern Technology Of Oils, Fats & Its Derivatives, Delhi, page 71,

     Virtually the only commercial production of vegetable oil stearines is from coconut oil and other lauric acid oils, which are processed like the graining and seeding of oleo stock or other animal fats, […] .

Anagrams

• Teresian, Teresina, arenites, arsenite, resinate, sin eater, sin-eater, trainees

Italian

Noun

stearine f

1. plural of stearina

Anagrams

• esternai, estranei, seratine, serenati, serenità, stanerei

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