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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. F.

oléate

(Chem.)

A salt of oleic acid. Some oleates, as the oleate of mercury, are used in medicine by way of inunction.

Noun.

A compound of oleic acid with a salifiable base.

See also: oleate

oléate m ‎(plural oléates)