Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The liquid portion of volatile oils, as distinguished from the concrete or crystallizable portion, called
stearoptene (which see). Also elaopten, oleoptene.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substance, as distinguished from
stearoptene , the more solid parts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry The more
liquid orvolatile portion of certainoily substances, as distinguished fromstearoptene , the more solid parts.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek ἔλαιον ("olive oil") + πτερόν ("wing").
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