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🧪 Containing oleic acid 🧪 A chemical salt
oleate

oleate

9.7
A salt or ester made from oleic acid
  • noun
  • /oʊˈliːeɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : oleato
  • The chemist synthesized oleate from oleic acid.

Examples

  • The chemist added oleate to the solution to observe its reaction.

  • Sodium oleate is commonly used as an emulsifier in various products.

  • Researchers studied the effects of oleate on cell membranes in the laboratory.

  • Sodium oleate is commonly used in soap production.

  • Sodium oleate is commonly used in the formulation of soaps and detergents.

  • The researchers utilized oleate to investigate its effects on cell membranes.

  • In biochemistry, oleate serves as an important model for studying fatty acid behavior.

Synonyms

oleic
vsoleate
  • Informal
2 8.6

A chemical that comes from a common fat in many oils

refers specifically to salts or esters formed from that acid

Surface Forms

oleate singular
oleates plural

Morphology

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

Derived from 'oleic' with the chemical suffix '-ate' indicating a salt or ester; morphologically regular but semantically technical.

Etymology

Oleate is a salt or chemical made from oleic acid, and the name comes from the Latin words oleum 'oil' and olea 'olive'. So an oleate is basically an 'oil'-based salt or compound.