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Stearin

One of the constituents of animal fats and also of some vegetable fats, as the butter of cacao. It is especially characterized by its solidity, so that when present in considerable quantity it materially increases the hardness, or raises the melting point, of the fat, as in mutton tallow. Chemically, it is a compound of glyceryl with three molecules of stearic acid, and hence is technically called tristearin, or glyceryl tristearate.

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Stearate 76% connected

A salt of stearic acid; as, ordinary soap consists largely of sodium or potassium stearates.

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Stearic 74% connected

Pertaining to, or obtained from, stearin or tallow; resembling tallow.

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Pertaining to, or obtained from, stearin or tallow; resembling tallow.

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Glyceride noun · 78% connection

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