stearin

stearin

English

Structure diagram of stearin

Alternative forms

• stearine

Etymology

From French stéarine, from Ancient Greek στέαρ (stéar, “fat”).

Noun

stearin (usually uncountable, plural stearins)

1. Solid fat.
2. (organic chemistry) The triglyceride of stearic acid.
   • 1860, Oil, entry in The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Volumes 16: Murillo—Organ, page 415,

     When exposed to the temperature of 32°, it^{[whale oil]} deposits stearin, and the oil separated from the stearin by filtration is soluble in 0.82 of pure alcohol when heated to about 168° Fahr.

   • 1997, Ralph E. Timms, 8: Fractionation, Frank D. Gunstone, Fred B. Padley (editors), Lipid Technologies and Applications, page 217,

     Palmkernel (PK) oil is fractionated in one step to concentrate the triglycerides containing medium-chain fatty acids (lauric and myristic) into a stearin fraction.

   • 2008, Matthew Stein, When Technology Fails, page 411,

     Stearin is a hard, nongreasy substance, an ester of stearic acid, that is mixed with molten tallow at about a 1:9 ratio to make a tallow candle that is harder, burns longer, and does not give off the usual smoke and unpleasant odors of ordinary tallow.

Translations

the triglyceride of stearic acid

Catalan: estearina f Chinese: Cantonese: 硬脂精 (ngaang6 zi1 zing1) Mandarin: 硬脂精 (yìngzhījīng) French: stéarine (fr) f German: Stearin (de) n Italian: stearina (it) f Japanese: ステアリン (sutearin)

Korean: 스테아린 (seutearin) Norwegian: Bokmål: stearin (no) m Nynorsk: stearin m Polish: stearyna (pl) f Spanish: estearina f Swedish: stearin (sv) c or n

See also

• olein

Anagrams

• anestri, antsier, atrines, in tears, nastier, rainest, ratinés, resiant, restain, retains, retinas, retsina, rinsate, stainer, starnie, tin ears

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French stéarine

Noun

stearin m (definite singular stearinen)

1. stearin

Derived terms

• stearinlys

References

• “stearin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French stéarine

Noun

stearin m (definite singular stearinen)

1. stearin

Derived terms

• stearinlys

References

• “stearin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French stéarine, from Ancient Greek στέαρ (stéar, “fat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /steǎriːn/
• Hyphenation: ste‧a‧rin

Noun

steàrīn m (Cyrillic spelling стеа̀рӣн)

1. stearin

Declension

Declension of stearin

	singular
nominative	steàrīn
genitive	stearína
dative	stearinu
accusative	stearin
vocative	stearine
locative	stearinu
instrumental	stearinom