Elaeoptene Definition

elēäptēn
noun

Eleoptene.

Webster's New World

(chemistry) The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substances, as distinguished from stearoptene, the more solid parts.

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Other Word Forms of Elaeoptene

Noun

Singular:
elaeoptene
Plural:
elaeoptenes

Origin of Elaeoptene

  • Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (elaion, “olive oil”) + πτερόν (pteron, “wing”).

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