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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Elæoptene

· E·læ·op·tene · IPA
01 n. The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substance, as distinguished from stearoptene, the more solid parts.
  1. 1.
    The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substance, as distinguished from stearoptene, the more solid parts.(Chem.)