fixed oil

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. a natural vegetable or animal oil that is nonvolatile, as lard oil, linseed oil, etc.

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fixed oil British  

noun

1. Also called: fatty oil.  a natural animal or vegetable oil that is not volatile: a mixture of esters of fatty acids, usually triglycerides Compare essential oil

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Etymology

Origin of fixed oil

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

The pulp contains only about 3.5% of fixed oil, whilst the seeds contains about 15%.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various

There is also a fixed oil in the seeds.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

Chemically, it contains an acrid fixed oil, and a yellow glucoside.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

If it is long boiled it becomes a granular, friable solid, yielding upon expression, a yellow, insipid, fixed oil.

From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert

Dr. J. M. Turner determined in the root a volatile fatty body, a volatile oil, a fixed oil, and a specific resin.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock