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Definition of Gelatine

1. Noun. A colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin.

Definition of Gelatine

1. n. Same as Gelatin.

Definition of Gelatine

1. Noun. a protein derived through partial hydrolysis of the collagen extracted from animal skin, bones, cartilage, ligaments, etc. ¹

2. Noun. an edible jelly made from this material ¹

3. Noun. a thin, translucent membrane used as a filter for photography or for theatrical lighting effects ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gelatine

1. gelatin [n -S] - See also: gelatin

Medical Definition of Gelatine

1. A nitrogeneous colloid, not existing as such in the animal body, but formed by the hydrating action of boiling water on the collagen of various kinds of connective tissue (as tendons, bones, ligaments, etc). Its distinguishing character is that of dissolving in hot water, and forming a jelly on cooling. It is an important ingredient of calf's-foot jelly, isinglass, glue, etc. It is used as food, but its nutritious qualities are of a low order. Both spellings, gelatin and gelatine, are in good use, but the tendency of writers on physiological chemistry favors the form in -in, as in the United States Dispensatory, the United States Pharmacopoeia, Fownes' Watts' Chemistry, Brande & Cox's Dictionary. Blasting gelatin, an explosive, containing about ninety-five parts of nitroglycerin and five of collodion. Gelatin process, a name applied to a number of processes in the arts, involving the use of gelatin. Especially: A method of producing facsimile copies of an original, written or drawn in aniline ink upon paper, thence transferred to a cake of gelatin softened with glycerin, from which impressions are taken upon ordinary paper. Vegetable gelatin. See Gliadin. Origin: F. Gelatine, fr. L. Gelare to congeal. See Geal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gelatine

Literary usage of Gelatine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"SPECIAL ARTICLES NOTE ON THE SWELLING OF gelatine AND AGAR GELS IN SOLUTIONS OF SUCROSE AND DEXTROSE THE tests reported in this note were made incidentally ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1893)
"AMONG the various forms of explosives the material known as gelatine is one of the ... The gelatine explosives chiefly in use are known under the names of ..."

3. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1889)
"The Effects of gelatine as Food. It is a matter of common experience that ... Animals fed on gelatine together with fat or carbohydrates die very much in ..."

4. Methods of Practical Hygiene by Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1893)
"The gelatine, filtered into a sterilised flask, is either closed up with wadding ... The colour of the meat-juice peptone gelatine is of a darker yellow the ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1889)
"The same procedure was repeated in inoculating the gelatine tubes. ... The gelatine tubes which were inoculated were immediately made into plates, ..."

6. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1883)
"gelatine Test for Organisms in Water—-Dr. Angus Smith, of Manchester, has recently brought forward this new test for the detection of organisms in water. ..."

7. The Elements of Experimental Chemistry by William Henry (1823)
"The gelatine remains in a solid state, preserving the form of the bone, ... Isinglass, however, as the purest form under which gelatine commonly occurs, ..."

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