oleate

[ oh-lee-eyt ]

/ ˈoʊ liˌeɪt /

noun

Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.

Pharmacology. a preparation, as an ointment, composed of medicated oleic acid.

Nearby words

oleaginous, olean, oleander, olearia, oleaster, oleate, olecranon, oled, olefiant gas, olefin, olefin fiber

Origin of oleate

First recorded in 1825–35; ole(ic acid) + -ate²

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Examples from the Web for oleate

Ointment of ammoniated mercury, twenty to sixty grains to the ounce; oleate of mercury, five to ten per cent.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon
Leave it for a day, when the oleate of soda will be dissolved.
Soap-Bubbles|C. V. Boys
We may thus conceive how a small quantity of stearate or oleate of potash may resist the decomposing action of the soda salts.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
Another method of mordanting cotton is to fix the metallic salt on the fibre as a tannate instead of an oleate.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8|Various

Add one-fortieth part of its weight of oleate of soda, which will probably float on the water.
Soap-Bubbles|C. V. Boys

British Dictionary definitions for oleate

oleate

/ (ˈəʊlɪˌeɪt) /

noun

any salt or ester of oleic acid, containing the ion C 17 H 33 COO – or the group C 17 H 33 COO-: common components of natural fats

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Medicine definitions for oleate

oleate

[ ō′lē-āt′ ]

n.

A salt or ester of oleic acid.

A pharmacopeial preparation consisting of a combination or solution of an alkaloid or metallic base in oleic acid.