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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See stearin.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A glycerol ester containing three stearic acid radicals: a white crystalline non-volatile solid with a fatty feel, which makes up a large portion of certain solid fats, like tallow.
Wiktionary
- n. organic chemistry The triglyceride of stearic acid
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Physiol. Chem.) See stearin.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a triglyceride of stearic acid
Examples
“Oudemans it consists of 63\% triolein and 37\% tripalmin and tristearin; it is not poisonous.”
“C_ {3} H_ {5} (C_ {18} H_ {35} O_ {2}) _ {3} + H_ {2} O tristearin”
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