Stearate


noun, Chemistry.
1.
a salt or ester of stearic acid.
noun
1.
any salt or ester of stearic acid

stearate ste·a·rate (stē’ə-rāt’, stēr’āt’)
n.
A salt or an ester of stearic acid.
stearate
(stē’ə-rāt’, stîr’āt’)
A salt or ester of stearic acid, containing the group C17H35COO.

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