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Webster 1913 Edition

Elaeoptene

Eˊlæ-op′tene

,

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK] olive oil, oil + [GREEK] winged, fleeting.]

(Chem.)

The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substance, as distinguished from stearoptene, the more solid parts.

[Written also

elaoptene

.]