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51saturated fat — A type of fat with certain chemical properties that is usually solid at room temperature. Most saturated fats come from animal food products, but some plant oils, such as palm and coconut oil, also contain high levels. Eating saturated fat… …
52Saturated steam — Steam Steam (st[=e]m), n. [OE. stem, steem, vapor, flame, AS. ste[ a]m vapor, smoke, odor; akin to D. stoom steam, perhaps originally, a pillar, or something rising like a pillar; cf. Gr. sty ein to erect, sty^los a pillar, and E. stand.] 1. The… …
53Saturated measure — In mathematics, a measure is said to be saturated if every locally measurable set is also measurable …
54saturated fatty acids — In eukaryotic membranes refers to stearic, palmitic and myristic acids, that are linear aliphatic chains with no double bonds. Prokaryotes have numerous branched chain saturated fatty acids …
55saturated fat — Nutrition. a type of single bond animal or vegetable fat, as that found in butter, meat, egg yolks, and coconut or palm oil, that in humans tends to increase cholesterol levels in the blood. Cf. saturated (def. 3). [1970 75] * * * …
56saturated liquid — Thermodynam. a liquid whose temperature and pressure are such that any decrease in pressure without change in temperature causes it to boil. Cf. saturated vapor. * * * …
57saturated vapor — Thermodynam. a vapor whose temperature and pressure are such that any compression of its volume at constant temperature causes it to condense to liquid at a rate sufficient to maintain a constant pressure. Cf. saturated liquid. * * * …
58saturated fatty acid — noun a fatty acid, such as stearic acid, that contains no carbon to carbon double bonds See Also: saturated fat, unsaturated fatty acid, polyunsaturated fatty acid …
59saturated adiabatic lapse rate — the rate of fall in air temperature by adiabatic change as saturated air gains altitude. Varies between 4 and 9蚓 per 1000m. is slower than the DALR as latent heat is released during condensation …
60saturated fat — a fat containing saturated fatty acids …
