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gelatins

gelatins is the plural of gelatin.

gelatins is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gelatin.

Meaning of gelatin

Noun

gelatin (usually uncountable, plural gelatins)

  1. (US, usually) A protein derived through partial hydrolysis of the collagen extracted from animal skin, bones, cartilage, ligaments, etc.
  2. (US, usually) An edible jelly made from this material.
  3. (US, usually) A thin, translucent membrane used as a filter for photography or for theatrical lighting effects.
    • For both images I placed a Kodak 4.0 neutral-density gelatin filter over the lens to reduce the Sun's brightness.2010 April, Frank Zullo, “Imaging Prehistoric Sunrises”, in Astronomy, volume 38, number 4, page 50

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Questions about gelatins

What is gelatins the plural of?
Gelatins is the plural of gelatin.

Words near gelatins in the dictionary

  1. gelatinolytic
  2. gelatinose
  3. gelatinous
  4. gelatinously
  5. gelatinousness
  6. gelatins
  7. gelation
  8. gelation time
  9. gelation times
  10. gelations
  11. gelativorous

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