stearoptene

[ stee-uh-rop-teen ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. the oxygenated solid part of an essential oil ( eleoptene ).

stearoptene

/ ˌstɪəˈrɒptiːn /

noun

1. the part of an essential oil that separates out as a solid on cooling or standing

Word History and Origins

Origin of stearoptene¹

1830–40; stearo- + -ptene < Greek ptēnós winged, volatile; eleoptene

Word History and Origins

Origin of stearoptene¹

C19: from New Latin stearoptenum, from Greek stear fat + -ptenum, from ptēnos winged (volatile)

Example Sentences

The crystals of rose-stearoptene are light, feathery, shining plates, filling the whole liquid.

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When hard spring water is employed, the otto is rich in stearoptene, but less transparent and fragrant.

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The solid crystalline matter which separates from them when kept in closed vessels is stearoptene.

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By age it deposits a crystalline stearoptene, and acquires a terebinthinate odour.

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