Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A syrupy, sweet, colorless or yellowish liquid triol, C3H8O3, obtained from fats and oils as a byproduct of saponification and used as a solvent, antifreeze, plasticizer, and sweetener and in the manufacture of dynamite, cosmetics, liquid soaps, inks, and lubricants.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
glycerin . - noun Same as
glycerite .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) Same as
glycerin .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry 1,2,3-trihydroxy-propane or propan-1,2,3-triol; a trihydric
alcohol - noun A
syrupy sweet liquid obtained as aby-product in themanufacture ofsoap fromanimal orvegetable oils andfats ; it is used as anantifreeze , aplasticizer , and afood sweetener and in the manufacture ofdynamite ,cosmetics etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Many details of Lenin's maintenance are still closely held by this scientific priesthood, but it is known that every eighteen months the body is removed from the mausoleum and submerged for thirty days in glycerol and potassium acetate.
Wonders Never Cease 2004
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Many details of Lenin's maintenance are still closely held by this scientific priesthood, but it is known that every eighteen months the body is removed from the mausoleum and submerged for thirty days in glycerol and potassium acetate.
Wonders Never Cease 2004
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We found that it is easily dissolved in glycerol and that by injecting this glycerol solution, the symptoms of Physalia poisoning are reproduced.
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"It's a molecule called glycerol, which is made by yeast during fermentation."
News 2011
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An enzyme called glycerol-3-phosphatedehydrogenase is critical for synthesizing fatty acids in our bodies.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Weight Loss 2010
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An enzyme called glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase facilitates the conversion of glucose into triglycerides that increase adipocyte size.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Weight Loss 2010
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An enzyme called glycerol-3-phosphatedehydrogenase is critical for synthesizing fatty acids in our bodies.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Weight Loss 2010
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An enzyme called glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase facilitates the conversion of glucose into triglycerides that increase adipocyte size.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Weight Loss 2010
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An enzyme called glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase facilitates the conversion of glucose into triglycerides that increase adipocyte size.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Weight Loss 2010
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An enzyme called glycerol-3-phosphatedehydrogenase is critical for synthesizing fatty acids in our bodies.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Weight Loss 2010
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