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stearone

stearone noun: the ketone of stearic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, by the distillation of various stearates.

Noun

stearone (usually uncountable, plural stearones)

  1. (usually) The ketone of stearic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, by the distillation of various stearates.

Forms of stearone

pluralstearones

Origin of stearone

From stearic + -one.

Questions about stearone

What does stearone mean?
Stearone means the ketone of stearic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, by the distillation of various stearates.
What part of speech is stearone?
Stearone is a noun.
What is the plural of stearone?
The plural of stearone is stearones.

Words near stearone in the dictionary

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

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