olein

[ oh-lee-in ]

nounChemistry.

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.

Origin of olein

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

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How to use olein in a sentence

A catalytic may be used to ignite gas or to convert oleins into stearines.
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British Dictionary definitions for olein

olein

/ (ˈəʊlɪɪn) /

noun

another name for triolein

Origin of olein

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

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