fixed oil

noun

, Chemistry.

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

fixed oil

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of fixed oil¹

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

But wax exists also as a vegetable product, and may, in this point of view, be regarded as a concrete fixed oil.

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An essential oil, the chief cause of the bad taste, combines with the fixed oil, and rises with it to the surface.

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The fixed oil is greenish-yellow, fluid, but gradually solidifying in the air.

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The fruit yields a fixed oil, and by fermentation and distillation produces alcohol.

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The expressed seeds yield a fixed oil, which is irritating and in my opinion should not be used internally.

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