Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of three isomeric alcohols, C10H17OH, occurring naturally in the essential oils of certain plants and used as solvents in perfumes, soaps, and medicine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A levorotatory, viscid liquid, C10H18O, prepared by the dehydration of terpin hydrate. It solidifies at —50° C, melts at 33° C., and boils at 218° C.
- noun The term formerly used to designate a mixture of isomeric alcohols, C10H17OH.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry Any of several isomeric
monoterpenoid alcohols found in theessential oil ofpine and other trees
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Greek sage (S. fruticosa) has more cineole, while clary sage (S. sclarea) is very different,with a tea-like quality and floral and sweet notes from a number of other terpenes (linalool, geraniol, terpineol).
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Greek sage (S. fruticosa) has more cineole, while clary sage (S. sclarea) is very different,with a tea-like quality and floral and sweet notes from a number of other terpenes (linalool, geraniol, terpineol).
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Styrolene has an odour very much resembling hyacinth, and probably forms the basis of most of these preparations, together with terpineol, and other artificial bodies.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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This oil consists mainly of linalol, together with small quantities of methyl heptenone, geraniol, and d-terpineol.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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This process gives accurate results with geraniol, borneol, and menthol, but with linalol and terpineol the figures obtained are only comparative, a considerable quantity of these alcohols being decomposed during the acetylation.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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The oil contains some 90 per cent. limonene, together with nonyl alcohol, d-linalol, d-terpineol, citral, citronellal, decyl aldehyde, and methyl anthranilate.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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The balsamic odors (chiefly aldehydes, Rimmel's jasmin, violet, and balsamic series, with the chemical types: terpineol, ionone, vanillin).
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man Havelock Ellis 1899
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what are the reactions involved behind synthesis of azodye, chloramphenicol, ofloxacin & terpineol? what are the reactions involved behind synthesis of chlorpheniramine, iproniacid, phenelzine, equanil&aspirin? en Español
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