olein

[oh-lee-in]

noun Chemistry.

Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C57H104O6, 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.

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Origin of olein

1830–40; < French oléine, equivalent to olé- (< Latin oleum oil) + -ine -in²

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Examples from the Web for olein

Olive oil and peanut oil are "non-drying" and contain oleic compounds (olein).
Creative Chemistry|Edwin E. Slosson
In the manufacture of packing-house and cottonseed products the stearin is often separated from the olein.
Encyclopedia of Diet|Eugene Christian
Most of the common oils with which we are familiar in food are composed chiefly of olein.
Dietetics for Nurses|Fairfax T. Proudfit
Olein may be distilled in vacuo without decomposition taking place.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture|W. H. Simmons

The protein of the yolk is chiefly in the form of ovovitellin, while the fats occur as palmitin, olein, and stearin.
Dietetics for Nurses|Fairfax T. Proudfit

British Dictionary definitions for olein

olein

noun

another name for triolein

Word Origin for olein

C19: from French oléine, from Latin oleum oil + -in

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