gelatin

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The corrected mobility and hence presumably the charge of gelatin-covered quartz particles in solutions containing 35 per cent ethyl alcohol is proportional to the combining power of the gelatin; therefore the gelatin is adsorbed with the active groups oriented toward the liquid.

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  1. noun A colorless or slightly yellow, transparent, brittle protein formed by boiling the specially prepared skin, bones, and connective tissue of animals and used in foods, drugs, and photographic film.
  2. noun Any of various similar substances.
  3. noun A jelly made with gelatin, used as a dessert or salad base.
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  • He poured a quarter-inch of his specially treated gelatin solution onto each sheet—as it happened, the gelatin was from the bones of a pig. —  InterzoneScienceFictionandFantasyMagazine#215
  • Other soothing foods include milk shakes, gelatin, and hot soup. —  WebMD Health
  • And it contains no gelatin, which is traditionally derived from meat by-products, including bones and hides; 100 calories and just 2.5 g of fat and 7 g of sugar per bar. —  AOL News
  • He created a flammable gelatin, and described to another the proper technique for throwing a Molotov cocktail to obtain the best explosion. —  BlogWonks
  • Pour the very warm Panna Cotta mixture over the gelatin and stir until the gelatin is completely dissolved. —  David Lebovitz
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  1. French gélatine, from Italian gelatina, diminutive of gelata, jelly, from feminine past participle of gelare, to freeze, from Latin gelāre; see gel- in Indo-European roots.
 

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