Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An ester formed between one or more acids and glycerol. Fatty acid esters with glycerol are found in plant oils and animal fats.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In chem., a compound ether of the triatomic alcohol glycerol or glycerin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A compound ether (formed from
glycerin ). Some glycerides exist ready formed as natural fats, others are produced artificially.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry An
ester ofglycerol and one or morefatty acid ; they are the majorconstituents oflipids .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A glyceride is a combination of glycerol with fatty acids, a so-called ester.
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It is not repellent, it is some form of lard or long chain poly-glyceride that one goops onto the skin.
Archive 2007-06-01 2007
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The Goal: Chemically speaking, vegetable oil is a tri-glyceride.
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Conventional oilseed crops, such as soybean, corn, olive, and peanut, produce glyceride oils, in which fatty acids are connected to a glycerol molecule.
4 Jojoba Oil 1985
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KALICKOV, M. and HADZIJSKI, Cv. (1963) An investigation of Fructus anisi and its essential and glyceride oils.
Chapter 5 1953
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All oils and fats contain more or less free acidity; but excess of acidity, though it may be due to the decomposition of the glyceride, and does not always denote rancidity, is undesirable in soap-making material.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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By this method, sulpho-compounds of the glyceride are first formed, which readily emulsify with water, and, on treatment with steam, liberate fatty acids, the glycerol remaining partly in the form of glycero-sulphuric acid.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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The first mixed glyceride to be discovered was oleodistearin,
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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Ordinary milling soap is used as a basis for this soap; the settled soap direct from the copper at 170° F. (77° C.) is carefully neutralised with bicarbonate of sodium, oleic or stearic acids, or boro-glyceride, perfumed and aerated.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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It was formerly considered that the three acid radicles in any naturally occurring glyceride were identical, corresponding to the formula --
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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