olein

[ oh-lee-in ]

/ ˈoʊ li ɪn /

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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 oleumoil) + -ine-in²

Words nearby olein

olefin fiber, olefin series, oleic, oleic acid, oleiferous, olein, Olekma, Olenek, oleo, oleograph, oleomargarine

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How to use olein in a sentence

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
Butter fat consists principally of olein, palmitin, and stearin.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry|William McPherson
These are largely mixtures of the ethereal salts known respectively as olein, palmitin, and stearin.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry|William McPherson
Stearin and palmitin are hard fats, crystalline in structure, and with a high melting point, while olein is a liquid.
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value|Harry Snyder

Pure olein, supposing none of the liberated acid to be dissolved in water, would yield 95.7 per cent.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885|Various

British Dictionary definitions for olein

olein

/ (ˈəʊlɪɪn) /

noun

another name for triolein

Word Origin for olein

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

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