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Definition of Stearic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or composed of fat.
Definition of Stearic
1. a. Pertaining to, or obtained from, stearin or tallow; resembling tallow.
Definition of Stearic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to stearin, tallow etc ¹
2. Adjective. (organic chemistry) Of or relating to stearic acid or its derivatives ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stearic
1. stearin [adj] - See also: stearin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stearic
Literary usage of Stearic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1921)
"Far better results are obtained in many cases by treating the mixed fatty acids
of an oil or fat with an alcoholic solution of pure stearic acid, ..."
2. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"By heating stearic aeid with alcohol to 200° ; small quantities are produced ...
Bypassing hydrochloric aeid gas into an alcoholic solution of stearic acid ..."
3. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"Pure stearic acid is prepared, according to its discoverer, Chevreul, in the
following way :—Make a soap, by boiling a solution of potash and mutton-suet in ..."
4. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"This is of importance for the quantitative determination of stearic acid (also of
... The acid is therefore much less readily soluble than stearic acid. ..."
5. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"This is of importance for the quantitative determination of stearic acid (also of
... The acid is therefore much less readily soluble than stearic acid. ..."
6. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1864)
"stearic acid is a white crystalline substance, fusible at 158° F., soluble in
alcohol and ether, insoluble in water, and saponified by alkalies. ..."
7. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"... acid is converted into stearic acid (Sabatier and Mailhe. Ann. Chim. 1'hvs.
[8] 4, 319). Treated with dilute solution of potassium ..."
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