Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Resembling pearl; pearly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or resembling pearl.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly.
- adjective (Physiol. Chem.), (Chem.) A white, crystalline substance, C17H34O2 of the fatty acid series, intermediate between palmitic and stearic acids, and obtained from the wax of certain lichens, from cetyl cyanide, and other sources. Called also
heptadecanoic acid .
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- adjective Pertaining to
pearl orpearls (rare except in designation ofmargaric acid ).
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mège-Mouriès used an acid called margaric to make margarine.
Trans Fats M.A. Judith Shaw 2004
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Mège-Mouriès used an acid called margaric to make margarine.
Trans Fats M.A. Judith Shaw 2004
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Mège-Mouriès used an acid called margaric to make margarine.
Trans Fats M.A. Judith Shaw 2004
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Comrades, we shall overthrow the government as true as there are fifteen intermediary acids between margaric acid and formic acid; however, that is a matter of perfect indifference to me.
Les Miserables 2008
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To formulate his entry, Mège-Mouriez used margaric acid, a fatty acid component isolated in 1813 by Michael Chevreul and named because of the lustrous pearly drops that reminded him of the Greek word for pearl -- margarites.
Archive 2008-07-01 ~~louise~~ 2008
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To formulate his entry, Mège-Mouriez used margaric acid, a fatty acid component isolated in 1813 by Michael Chevreul and named because of the lustrous pearly drops that reminded him of the Greek word for pearl -- margarites.
Fooling Around with Fatty Acids ~~louise~~ 2008
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From these three acids-oleic, margaric, and stearic-the first, being liquid, was driven out by a sufficient pressure.
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From these three acids-oleic, margaric, and stearic-the first, being liquid, was driven out by a sufficient pressure.
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Medullic and margaric acids, which were formerly included in this series, have now been shown to consist of mixtures of stearic and palmitic, and stearic palmitic and oleic acids respectively.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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The acids separated from it are known by the names of margaric, stearic, and oleic acids.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Thomas Anderson
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