🧪 Containing oleic acid 🧪 A chemical salt

oleate

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Containing oleic acid, a fatty acid found in many oils

adjective
/oʊˈliːeɪt/

Specialized

: oleato

This lotion contains an oleate ingredient to help moisturize the skin.

Examples

The chemist used an oleate compound to study its effect on cell membranes.
Researchers synthesized an oleate derivative for their study.
Researchers analyzed the oleate solution for its purity before starting the experiment.
The oleate compound was used in the experiment.
The chemist used an oleate compound to study its effect on cell membranes.
This lotion contains an oleate ingredient to help moisturize the skin.
Researchers analyzed the oleate solution for its purity before starting the experiment.

Synonyms

oleic

vsoleate

Specialized

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Containing a common fat found in many plant and animal oils

focuses on chemical derivation and use within compounds rather than natural occurrence

Surface Forms

oleate positive

Morphology

oleate = oleic (semi-transparent) = oleic + ate

Formed by adding the chemical suffix '-ate' to 'oleic'; the relation is formally clear but the suffix denotes a technical chemical class (salt/ester) that may be unfamiliar to general learners.

Etymology

Oleate comes from oleic, which comes from the Latin words oleum 'oil' and olea 'olive'. So oleate as an adjective means 'relating to' or 'containing' oleic acid, which you can remember as being 'oil'-like.