glycerine

glycerin (ˈɡlɪsərɪn)

/ (ˈɡlɪsərɪn, ˌɡlɪsəˈriːn) /

noun

another name (not in technical usage) for glycerol

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Word Origin for glycerine

C19: from French glycérine, from Greek glukeros sweet + -ine -in; related to Greek glukus sweet

Words nearby glycerine

glyceric aciduria, glyceridase, glyceride, glycerin, glycerinate, glycerine, glycerite, glycerol, glycerolysis, glyceryl, glyceryl group

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Example sentences from the Web for glycerine

Glycerine, or cold cream, may be used as cooling applications to irritated surfaces.
Shifts and Expedients of Camp Life, Travel & Exploration|W. B. Lord
So while glycerine is carbon and hydrogen, nitro-glycerine is carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen.
Marvels of Scientific Invention|Thomas W. Corbin
Chemically pure glycerine or double distilled glycerine is produced by redistilling "once distilled" glycerine.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture|W. H. Simmons
Trimethyleneglycol is more volatile than glycerine and can therefore be concentrated by fractional distillation.
Soap-Making Manual|E. G. Thomssen

If the bell is still left in the glycerine solution nothing further happens; the tissues die in this condition of strong systole.
Jellyfish, Starfish, and Sea-Urchins: Being a Research on Primitive Nervous Systems|G. J. Romanes

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