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Definition of Spermaceti
1. Noun. A white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale.
Definition of Spermaceti
1. n. A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments, cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The substance of spermaceti after the removal of certain impurities is sometimes called cetin.
Definition of Spermaceti
1. Noun. A wax obtained from the head of sperm whales. It is used to make cosmetics etc. ¹
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Definition of Spermaceti
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Medical Definition of Spermaceti
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A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments, cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The substance of spermaceti after the removal of certain impurities is sometimes called cetin.
Literary usage of Spermaceti
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical: Theoretical and by George Fownes (1863)
"spermaceti.—The soft-solid matter found in very large quantity in a remarkable
cavity in the head of the spermaceti whale, when submitted to pressure, ..."
2. First Principles of Chemistry, for the Use of Colleges and Schools by Benjamin Silliman (1860)
"acids pertaining to the alcohol series. We shall first notice those which belong
to the class of compound ethers. spermaceti. — This substance occurs mixed ..."
3. First Principles of Chemistry by Benjamin Silliman (1859)
"spermaceti.—This substance occurs mixed with oil, filling large cavities in the
head of the sperm whale, (Physeter macrocephalus. ..."
4. Technical Methods of Chemical Analysis by Georg Lunge, Charles Alexander Keane, E. Adam, P. Aulich, T. L. Bailey, C. O. Bannister (1914)
"Until recently, spermaceti candles were always used as normal candles for ...
spermaceti alone cannot be used for candle-making, as it is too brittle; ..."
5. A Universal formulary: Containing the Methods of Preparing and Administering by Robert Eglesfeld Griffith (1866)
"spermaceti. A peculiar concrete substance, obtained from the head of ...
Rub spermaceti and sugar together with the yolk of an egg; add the water and ..."
6. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1876)
"When cold they concrete into a spongy mass, from which the larger portion of the
oil" drains sway, leaving the crude spermaceti. This filtration is made ..."
7. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the by Edward Turner (1835)
"By purification, indeed, it may be rendered more limpid, and its odour less
offensive ; but it is always inferior to spermaceti oil. Animal Oil of Dippel. ..."
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