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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Derived from palmitic acid by loss of hydrogen.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an artificial acid of the oleic acid series, isomeric with linoleic acid.

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