Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A salt or ester of stearic acid.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A salt of stearic acid. The neutral stearates of the alkalis are soaps.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A salt of stearic acid.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry Any salt or ester of stearic acid.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[stear(ic) + –ate.]

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Examples

  • Scum is the calcium stearate which is insoluble does 'viscosity' mean 'viscous force' or 'coefficient of viscosity'? en Español

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

  • "We switched to the Medalist medical elastomer for the diaphragm after conducting an extensive search for a compound that would weld readily to polyethylene, be free of animal-derived materials such as stearate lubricants, and provide superior mechanical properties," said Kenneth L. Bibbo, Vice President of Operations for HyNetics.

    R&D Mag - News 2010

  • The group says consumers can look out for ingredients that are likely to contain either of the chemicals, though, including: peg-100 stearate, sodium laureth sulfate, polyethylene and ceteareth-20, quaternium-15, DMDM hydantoin, imidazolidinyl urea, diazolidinyl urea and sodium hydroxymethoylglycinate. —

    Study links formaldehyde to more common cancers 2009

  • The group says consumers can look out for ingredients that are likely to contain either of the chemicals, though, including: peg-100 stearate, sodium laureth sulfate, polyethylene and ceteareth-20, quaternium-15, DMDM hydantoin, imidazolidinyl urea, diazolidinyl urea and sodium hydroxymethoylglycinate. —

    Group finds carcinogens in kids bath products 2009

  • Each pink tablet in the Demulen 1/50-28 package is a placebo containing no active ingredients, and the inactive ingredients include calcium sulfate, corn starch, FD&C Red No. 3, FD&C Yellow No. 6, magnesium stearate, and sucrose.

    Demulen Birth Control Pills Still Lactose Free Steve Carper 2008

  • Each blue tablet in the Demulen 1/35-28 package is a placebo containing no active ingredients, and the inactive ingredients include calcium sulfate, corn starch, FD&C Blue No. 1 Lake, magnesium stearate, and sucrose.

    Demulen Birth Control Pills Still Lactose Free Steve Carper 2008

  • Glyceryl stearate also an emollient and adds pearlescence

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • PEG (polyethylene glycol for example, PEG-100 stearate) (also an emollient and surfactant)

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • Glyceryl stearate also an emollient and adds pearlescence

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • PEG (polyethylene glycol for example, PEG-100 stearate) (also an emollient and surfactant)

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

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