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elaeoptene — chiefly Brit var of ELEOPTENE … Medical dictionary
elaeoptene — [el΄ē äp′tēn΄] n. ELEOPTENE … English World dictionary
elaeoptene — /el ee op teen/, n. Chem. eleoptene. * * * … Universalium
élaeoptène — (é lè o ptè n ) s. m. Terme de chimie. Partie des huiles volatiles qui reste liquide au dessous de la température ordinaire. ÉTYMOLOGIE En grec, huile et qui vole … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
elaeoptene — variant of eleoptene * * * /el ee op teen/, n. Chem. eleoptene … Useful english dictionary
elaoptene — Elaeoptene E l[ae]*op tene, n. [Gr. ? olive oil, oil + ? winged, fleeting.] (Chem.) The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substance, as distinguished from stearoptene, the more solid parts. [Written also {elaoptene}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
eleoptene — /el ee op teen/, n. Chem. the liquid part of a volatile oil (opposed to stearoptene). Also, elaeoptene. [ < Gk élaio(n) oil + pten(ós) winged (akin to pétesthai to fly); see ENE] * * * … Universalium
