Definition of Oleum

1. Noun. (inorganic compound) A solution of sulfur trioxide in sulfuric acid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oleum

1. a corrosive liquid [n -S] / oil [n OLEA]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oleum

oleos
oleosaccharum
oleosity
oleosome
oleostearate
oleosus
oleotherapy
oleovitamin
oleoyl
oleoyls
oleraceous
olericulture
oles
olestra
olestras
oleum (current term)
oleum terebinthinae
oleums
oleuropein
oleyl-CoA
oleyl-anilide hydrolase
oleyl-coenzyme A
oleyl alcohol
olf
olfact
olfacted
olfactible
olfactic
olfactics
olfactie

Literary usage of Oleum

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

1. A Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Collateral Sciences by Richard Dennis Hoblyn (1865)
"oleum animale. Animal oil ; an empyreumatic oil obtained by distillation from animal ... Sulphuretted oil, formerly simple balsam of sulphur. 4. oleum e ..."

2. Standard methods of chemical analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1917)
"The sample may he weighed in a Doly weighing tuhe (see analysis of oleum and ... In routine analysis, where a large number of daily samples of oleum are ..."

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