Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stearic"
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) 1.7 (wn)
stearic
adj : of or relating to or composed of fat
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