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stearin

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Structure diagram of stearin
 
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Etymology

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From French stéarine, from Ancient Greek στέαρ (stéar, “fat”).

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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”, in 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.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From French stéarine, from Ancient Greek στέαρ (stéar, “fat, tallow”).

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stearin c (singular definite stearinen or stearinet, not used in plural form)

  1. stearin
  2. wax (from a candle)

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From French stéarine.

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stearin m (definite singular stearinen)

  1. stearin

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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From French stéarine.

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stearin m (definite singular stearinen)

  1. stearin

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From French stéarine, from Ancient Greek στέαρ (stéar, “fat”).

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  • IPA(key): /steǎriːn/
  • Hyphenation: ste‧a‧rin

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steàrīn m (Cyrillic spelling стеа̀рӣн)

  1. stearin

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Declension of stearin
singular
nominative steàrīn
genitive stearína
dative stearinu
accusative stearin
vocative stearine
locative stearinu
instrumental stearinom

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stearin n

  1. (organic chemistry) stearin
  2. a mix of stearic acid and palmitic acid (used in candles), a kind of wax

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Declension of stearin 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative stearin stearinet — —
Genitive stearins stearinets — —

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