noun
Meaning 1
Solid fat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
stearin
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/ˈstɪəɹɪn/
noun
Meaning 2
A glyceride (especially the triglyceride) of stearic acid
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
Examples
- 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 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.
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noun
Meaning 3
an ester of glycerol and stearic acid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: glyceryl ester
History
Etymology
From French stéarine, from Ancient Greek στέαρ (stéar, “fat”).
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: estearina — the triglyceride of stearic acid
- Chinese Cantonese: 硬脂精 (ngaang6 zi1 zing1) — the triglyceride of stearic acid
- Chinese Mandarin: 硬脂精 (yìngzhījīng) — the triglyceride of stearic acid
- French: stéarine — the triglyceride of stearic acid
- German: Stearin — the triglyceride of stearic acid
- Italian: stearina — the triglyceride of stearic acid
- Japanese: ステアリン (sutearin) — the triglyceride of stearic acid
- Kazakh: стеарин (stearin) — the triglyceride of stearic acid
- Korean: 스테아린 (seutearin) — the triglyceride of stearic acid
- Kyrgyz: стеарин (stearin) — the triglyceride of stearic acid
- Norwegian Bokmål: stearin — the triglyceride of stearic acid
- Norwegian Nynorsk: stearin — the triglyceride of stearic acid
- Polish: stearyna — the triglyceride of stearic acid
- Romanian: stearină — the triglyceride of stearic acid
- Russian: стеари́н (stearín) — the triglyceride of stearic acid
- Spanish: estearina — the triglyceride of stearic acid
- Swedish: stearin — the triglyceride of stearic acid
- Ukrainian: стеари́н (stearýn) — the triglyceride of stearic acid