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stearic


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stearic  \Ste*ar"ic\,  a.  [Cf.  F.  st['e]arique.]  (Physiol.  Chem.) 
  Pertaining  to  or  obtained  from  stearin  or  tallow; 
  resembling  tallow. 
 
  {Stearic  acid}  (Chem.),  a  monobasic  fatty  acid,  obtained  in 
  the  form  of  white  crystalline  scales,  soluble  in  alcohol 
  and  ether.  It  melts  to  an  oily  liquid  at  69[deg]C. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stearic 
  adj  :  of  or  relating  to  or  composed  of  fat 




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