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olein
[ oh-lee-in ]
noun
, Chemistry.
- Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 7 H 1 0 4 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- the oily or lower-melting fractions of a fat as distinguished from the solid or higher-melting constituents.
olein
/ ˈəʊlɪɪn /
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of olein1
C19: from French oléine, from Latin oleum oil + -in
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Example Sentences
The protein of the yolk is chiefly in the form of ovovitellin, while the fats occur as palmitin, olein, and stearin.
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Butter fat consists principally of olein, palmitin, and stearin.
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These are largely mixtures of the ethereal salts known respectively as olein, palmitin, and stearin.
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Stearin and palmitin are hard fats, crystalline in structure, and with a high melting point, while olein is a liquid.
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Pure olein, supposing none of the liberated acid to be dissolved in water, would yield 95.7 per cent.
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