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stearate

[ stee-uh-reyt, steer-eyt ]

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. a salt or ester of stearic acid.


stearate

/ ˈstɪəˌreɪt /

noun

  1. any salt or ester of stearic acid
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


stearate

/ stēə-rāt′,stîrāt′ /

  1. A salt or ester of stearic acid, containing the group C 17 H 35 COO.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stearate1

First recorded in 1835–45; stear(ic acid) + -ate 2
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Example Sentences

We may thus conceive how a small quantity of stearate or oleate of potash may resist the decomposing action of the soda salts.

On adding water to it afterwards, the liquor affords a fresh quantity of bi-stearate and bi-margarate.

In order that the alcoholic solution of the bi-stearate may redden the litmus, the alcohol should not be very strong.

When added to water containing calcium salts the insoluble calcium palmitate and stearate are precipitated.

From the stearate of soda, it appears to be 104; and from that of lime, 102.

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