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Webster 1913 Edition


Oleate

O′le-ate

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
oléate
.]
(Chem.)
A salt of oleic acid. Some oleates, as the oleate of mercury, are used in medicine by way of inunction.

Webster 1828 Edition


Oleate

O'LEATE

,
Noun.
A compound of oleic acid with a salifiable base.

Definition 2024


oleate

oleate

See also: oléate

English

Noun

oleate (plural oleates)

  1. (organic chemistry) any salt or ester of oleic acid

Translations


Italian

Adjective

oleate

  1. feminine plural of oleato

Latin

Adjective

oleāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of oleātus