Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Noting an acid, a colorless compound of the acetylene series, , prepared by the action of alcoholic potassium hydroxid on bromoleic acid. It crystallizes in long prisms and melts at 48° C.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acetylene series, isologous with stearic acid, and obtained, as a white crystalline substance, from oleïc acid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry An
acid of theacetylene series ,isologous withstearic acid and obtained fromoleic acid .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From stearic and oleic.
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word stearolic.
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.