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Webster 1913 Edition

Oleic

O′le-ic

(ō-lē′ĭk or ō-lā′ĭk or ō′lē̍-ĭk)

Adj.

[L.

oleum

oil: cf. F.

oléique

(Physiol.Chem.)

Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil;

as,

oleic

acid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with glyceryl in the form of olein in certain animal and vegetable fats and oils, such as sperm oil, olive oil, etc.

At low temperatures the acid is crystalline, but melts to an oily liquid above 14° C.

Webster 1828 Edition

Oleic

O'LEIC

Adj.

[from oil.] The oleic acid is obtained from a soap made by digesting hog's lard in potash lye.

Definition 2024

oleic

English

Adjective

oleic ‎(comparative more oleic, superlative most oleic)

Of or pertaining to oil, especially to vegetable oil
(chemistry) Of or pertaining to oleic acid or its derivatives

Translations

of or pertaining to oil

Portuguese: oléico

of or pertaining to oleic acid

French: oléique (fr)
Irish: oiléach
Italian: oleico

Portuguese: oleico (pt)
Spanish: oleico

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