oleate

[ oh-lee-eyt ]

/ ˈoʊ liˌeɪt /

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noun

Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.

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

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Origin of oleate

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

Words nearby oleate

oleaginous, Olean, oleander, olearia, oleaster, oleate, olecranon, OLED, olefiant gas, olefin, olefine

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How to use oleate in a sentence

Glycerin obtained by calcareous saponification, also may contain oleate of lime.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
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
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
It is doubtful if drugs have any direct influence upon gall-stones, such as sulphate of soda, olive oil or oleate of soda.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 7|Various

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

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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