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gelatine


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Gelatin  \Gel"a*tin\,  Gelatine  \Gel"a*tine\,  n.  [F.  g['e]latine, 
  fr  L.  gelare  to  congeal.  See  {Geal}.]  (Chem.) 
  Animal  jelly;  glutinous  material  obtained  from  animal  tissues 
  by  prolonged  boiling.  Specifically  (Physiol.  Chem.),  a 
  nitrogeneous  colloid,  not  existing  as  such  in  the  animal 
  body,  but  formed  by  the  hydrating  action  of  boiling  water  on 
  the  collagen  of  various  kinds  of  connective  tissue  (as 
  tendons,  bones,  ligaments,  etc.).  Its  distinguishing 
  character  is  that  of  dissolving  in  hot  water,  and  forming  a 
  jelly  on  cooling.  It  is  an  important  ingredient  of 
  calf's-foot  jelly,  isinglass,  glue,  etc  It  is  used  as  food, 
  but  its  nutritious  qualities  are  of  a  low  order 
 
  Note:  Both  spellings,  gelatin  and  gelatine,  are  in  good  use 
  but  the  tendency  of  writers  on  physiological  chemistry 
  favors  the  form  in  -in,  as  in  the  United  States 
  Dispensatory,  the  United  States  Pharmacop[oe]ia, 
  Fownes'  Watts'  Chemistry,  Brande  &  Cox's  Dictionary 
 
  {Blasting  gelatin},  an  explosive,  containing  about 
  ninety-five  parts  of  nitroglycerin  and  five  of  collodion. 
 
 
  {Gelatin  process},  a  name  applied  to  a  number  of  processes  in 
  the  arts,  involving  the  use  of  gelatin.  Especially: 
  a  (Photog.)  A  dry-plate  process  in  which  gelatin  is  used  as 
  a  substitute  for  collodion  as  the  sensitized  material. 
  This  is  the  dry-plate  process  in  general  use  and  plates 
  of  extreme  sensitiveness  are  produced  by  it 
  b  (Print.)  A  method  of  producing  photographic  copies  of 
  drawings,  engravings,  printed  pages,  etc.,  and  also  of 
  photographic  pictures,  which  can  be  printed  from  in  a 
  press  with  ink,  or  (in  some  applications  of  the  process) 
  which  can  be  used  as  the  molds  of  stereotype  or 
  electrotype  plates. 
  c  (Print.  or  Copying)  A  method  of  producing  facsimile 
  copies  of  an  original,  written  or  drawn  in  aniline  ink 
  upon  paper,  thence  transferred  to  a  cake  of  gelatin 
  softened  with  glycerin,  from  which  impressions  are  taken 
  upon  ordinary  paper. 
 
  {Vegetable  gelatin}.  See  {Gliadin}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Gelatine  \Gel"a*tine\,  n. 
  Same  as  {Gelatin}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  gelatine 
  n  :  a  colorless  water-soluble  glutinous  protein  obtained  from 
  animal  tissues  such  as  bone  and  skin  [syn:  {gelatin}] 




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