Definitions for olein

olein o·le·in

Spelling: [oh-lee-in]
IPA: /ˈoʊ li ɪn/

Olein is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 63 anagrams from letters in olein (eilno).

Definitions for olein

noun

  1. Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
  2. the oily or lower-melting fractions of a fat as distinguished from the solid or higher-melting constituents.

Origin of olein

1830-40; French oléine, equivalent to olé- (Latin oleum oil) + -ine -in2

Examples for olein

olein is the fluid constituent of oils and fatty substances.

olein is a liquid and is the main constituent of liquid fats.

The elaine is peculiar to milk, but it differs very slightly from olein, or fluid fat.

They contain a bland fixed oil, consisting chiefly of olein.

olein (Triolein) is an odourless, colourless, tasteless oil, which rapidly absorbs oxygen and becomes rancid.

olein is a liquid at ordinary temperature, while stearin is solid.

It contains about 60% of olein and 40% of palmitin and stearin.

This reaction also occurs with the neutral glycerides of these acids, olein being converted into elaidin, which melts at 32°C.

olein may be distilled in vacuo without decomposition taking place.

olein, a combination of oleic acid and glycerine, as well as oleic acid itself largely forms the liquid portion of oils and fats.

Word Value for olein
Scrable

5

Words with friends

7

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