elaïdin

plural elaïdins

1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of elaidin.

   “Elaïdins” give much lower dispersions than the oils from which they are produced.

   1918, Percival J. Fryer, Frank E. Weston, “Refractive Power”, in Technical Handbook of Oils, Fats and Waxes, volume II, Cambridge: at the University Press, section III (Practical Methods for the Standard Analytical Determinations), chapter section c (The Abbé refractometer), subsection a (The Dispersive Power), page 58

   2 more examples

   Elaïdin is saponified by alkalis, yielding glycerin and a salt of elaïdic acid. The Unguentum oxygenatum and U. citrinum of the pharmacopœias, prepared from hog’s lard with nitric acid, contain impure elaïdin.

   1882, Henry Watts, A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences, volume II, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., page 369

   After twenty-four hours, the hardness of the product is such that it is impervious to, and sometimes rings when struck with, a glass rod, but this character is also possessed by the elaïdins yielded by arachis and lard oils.

   1886, Alfred H[enry] Allen, “Constitution and Chemical Properties of Fatty Oils and Waxes”, in Commercial Organic Analysis: […], 2nd edition, volumes II (Fixed Oils and Fats, Hydrocarbons, Phenols, &c.), London: J. & A. Churchill, section “Elaïdin-Reaction”, pages 57–58