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Definition of Oleic
1. a. Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil; as, oleic acid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with glyceryl in the form of olein in certain animal and vegetable fats and oils, such as sperm oil, olive oil, etc. At low temperatures the acid is crystalline, but melts to an oily liquid above 14&?; C.
Definition of Oleic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to oil, especially to vegetable oil ¹
2. Adjective. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to oleic acid or its derivatives ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oleic
1. pertaining to oil [adj]
Medical Definition of Oleic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Oleic
Literary usage of Oleic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1921)
"Hitherto, as pointed out above, five isomeric oleic acids have been found to
occur in nature, and in addition thereto, besides geometrical ..."
2. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1864)
"Thus lime has been employed, the soap of which decomposes only by very strong
measures, giving rancid, coloured oleic acids, whilst producing a loss in the ..."
3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1871)
"It may also be prepared by treating oleic acid with a mixture of alcohol and ...
oleic ether is a colourless liquid of specific gravity 0-87 at 18°; ..."
4. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik Holleman (1910)
"bond is situated at the centre of the chain, the constitution of oleic acid being
CH3. ... oleic acid reacts in a remarkable manner with nitrous acid, ..."
5. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1867)
"oleic acid forms two classes of salts, normal and acid. ... (1298) Action of
Peroxide of Nitrogen and of Nitric Acid on oleic Acid.—oleic acid, by exposure ..."
6. Solubilities of Inorganic and Organic Compounds: A Compilation of by Atherton Seidell (1919)
"84.1 0.277 °-723 2.61 76.9 O.II2 0.888 7.93 63.7 0.025 0.975 39 50.5 0.006 0.994
166 42.4 0.002 0.998 499 SOLIDIFICATION-POINTS OF MIXTURES OF oleic AND ..."
7. Fownes' Manual of Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1878)
"To obtain pure oleic acid, olive or almond oil is saponified with potash ; the
soap is decomposed by tartaric acid ; and the separated fatty acid, ..."
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