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stearolic

stearolic adjective: designating an acid of the acetylene series, isologous with stearic acid and obtained from oleic acid.

Adjective

stearolic (not comparable)

  1. Designating an acid of the acetylene series, isologous with stearic acid and obtained from oleic acid.

Origin of stearolic

From stearic and oleic.

Questions about stearolic

What does stearolic mean?
Stearolic means designating an acid of the acetylene series, isologous with stearic acid and obtained from oleic acid.
What part of speech is stearolic?
Stearolic is an adjective.

Words near stearolic in the dictionary

  1. Stearman
  2. Stearmans
  3. Stearn
  4. Stearns
  5. Stearns County
  6. stearolic
  7. stearone
  8. stearones
  9. stearophanin
  10. stearopten
  11. stearoptene

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