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Definition of Margaric
1. a. Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly.
Definition of Margaric
1. Adjective. Pertaining to pearl or pearls (rare except in designation of margaric acid). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Margaric
1. pearly [adj] - See also: pearly
Medical Definition of Margaric
1.
Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly. Margaric acid.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Margaric
Literary usage of Margaric
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Physiological Chemistry by Karl Gotthelf Lehmann (1855)
"Very few of these acids have been found in the animal body; one of them, however,
margaric acid, is the principal constituent of all the fats yet found in ..."
2. Elements of Chemistry by Thomas Graham (1842)
"This salt gives margaric acid, when heated with a dilute mineral acid. (Liebig's
Traite). margaric acid was so named by Chevreul from its pearly lustre; ..."
3. A Handbook of Organic Chemistry: For the Use of Students by William Gregory (1856)
"And nothing is more likely than the occurrence of a mixture of palmitic and
stearic acids, both of them, as well as margaric acid, being abundant and widely ..."
4. A Manual of Chemistry: On the Basis of Turner's Elements of Chemistry by John Johnston, Edward Turner (1860)
"The fatty acids now rising to the top are washed to separate the glycerine, and
compressed to remove the oleic and most of the margaric acids ; and the ..."
5. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the by Edward Turner (1835)
"It differs, however, from both by yielding margaric and oleic, ... The margaric
and oleic acids are best prepared from soap made with po- tassa and fluid ..."
6. Elements of Chemistry by Victor Regnault, James Curtis Booth, William L. Faber (1865)
"margaric Acid C^H^ § 1601. By decomposing with acids a soap made of human fat,
a mixture of fatty acids is obtained, melting at about 135°, ..."
7. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"Artificially margaric acid may be prepared by boiling cetyl cyanide, CuH,n. ...
From the latter the margaric acid is separated by dilute sulphuric acid and ..."
8. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"margaric ACID is an obsolete (commercial) term for a mixture of palmitic and
stearic acids, for which, in older text-books, ..."
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