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Definition of Gelatin

1. Noun. A colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin.

2. Noun. An edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods.

3. Noun. A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects.

Definition of Gelatin

1. n. Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal tissues by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a nitrogeneous colloid, not existing as such in the animal body, but formed by the hydrating action of boiling water on the collagen of various kinds of connective tissue (as tendons, bones, ligaments, etc.). Its distinguishing character is that of dissolving in hot water, and forming a jelly on cooling. It is an important ingredient of calf's- foot jelly, isinglass, glue, etc. It is used as food, but its nutritious qualities are of a low order.

Definition of Gelatin

1. Noun. a protein derived through partial hydrolysis of the collagen extracted from animal skin, bones, cartilage, ligaments, etc. ¹

2. Noun. an edible jelly made from this material ¹

3. Noun. a thin, translucent membrane used as a filter for photography or for theatrical lighting effects ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gelatin

1. a glutinous substance [n -S]

Medical Definition of Gelatin

1. Heat denatured collagen. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gelatin

gelandesprung gelandesprungs gelant gelants gelasmus gelastic gelastic seizure gelate gelated gelateria

gelaterias gelates gelati gelatification gelatigenous gelatin (current term) gelatin dessert gelatin sugar gelatinase gelatinases

gelatinate gelatinated gelatinates gelatinating gelatination gelatinations gelatine gelatinelike gelatines gelating

Literary usage of Gelatin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"It has been found that oxalic acid, over and above the action common to all dilute acids of preventing the solidification of gelatin ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"gelatin. When intercellular connective tissue, as met with in skin, tendons, ligaments, ... The dissolved substance bears the name of gelatin or Glutin. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"Chemical compounds of gelatin and phosphate of calcium may be prepared. ... Sulphate of copper does not precipitate gelatin ; the green liquid turns violet ..."

4. Laboratory Manual of Colloid Chemistry by Harry Nicholls Holmes (1922)
"When a direct current is turned on, the electrolytes move out and the gelatin is washed by electric osmose. A water solution of gelatin may be poured into ..."

5. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1898)
"Beckmann lias based on these facts a method for the determination of gelatin in meat-extracts (page 325). According to A. Zimmermann, methylene-blue colours ..."

6. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"273) has found about 0-7 pc of sulphur in fine commercial gelatin. ... When steeped in water, gelatin takes up from 5 to 10 times its weight of water, ..."

7. Chemistry by William Thomas Brande, Alfred Swaine Taylor (1863)
"CHEMICAL PROPERTIES Ot gelatin. the ammoniacal odor of burned horn or feathers. Subjected to destructive distillation, it yields an abundance of carbonate ..."

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