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glyc·er·in

also glyc·er·ine (glĭs′ər-ĭn)

Glycerol or a preparation of glycerol.

[French glycérine, from Greek glukeros, sweet.]

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glycerine

(ˈɡlɪsərɪn; ˌɡlɪsəˈriːn) or

glycerin

(Chemistry) another name (not in technical usage) for glycerol

[C19: from French glycérine, from Greek glukeros sweet + -ine -in; related to Greek glukus sweet]

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Noun

glycerine - a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils

glycerin, glycerol

alcohol - any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation

Translations

glycérine

glicerina

glycerine

[ˌglɪsəˈriːn ˈglɪsərɪn] glycerin [ˈglɪsərɪn] (US) n → glycérine f

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Meg bathed the insulted hand with glycerine and tears, Beth felt that even her beloved kittens would fail as a balm for griefs like this, Jo wrathfully proposed that Mr.

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There was never the least attention paid to what was cut up for sausage; there would come all the way back from Europe old sausage that had been rejected, and that was moldy and white--it would be dosed with borax and glycerine, and dumped into the hoppers, and made over again for home consumption.

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The Doctor still read from cover to cover his Lancet and his Medical Journal, attended all professional gatherings, worked himself into an alternate state of exaltation and depression over the results of the election of officers, and reserved for himself a den of his own, in which before rows of little round bottles full of glycerine, Canadian balsam, and staining agents, he still cut sections with a microtome, and peeped through his long, brass, old-fashioned microscope at the arcana of nature.

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Effects of Glycerol on the Metabolism of Broilers FED Increasing Glycerine Levels.

PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND THERMAL COMFORT INDICES OF LAYERS FED VEGETABLE GLYCERIN

The main by-product, crude glycerine, derived from this biodiesel production has been increasing.

Dry matter digestibility and metabolizable energy of crude glycerines originated from palm oil using fed rooster assay/Digestibilidade da materia seca e energia metabolizavel da glicerina bruta originada a partir de oleo de palma usando ensaio de alimentacao forcada com galos

Co-digestion of pig manure and glycerine: experimental and modelling study.

Co-digestion of crude glycerin associated with cattle manure in biogas production in the State of Parana, Brazil/Avaliacao da codigestao de glicerina associada a esterco bovino para producao de biogas no Estado do Parana, Brasil

50% and 10% of glycerine (J.T.Baker) was prepared in distilled water.

Rapid Analyses of Polyetheretherketone Wear Characteristics by Accelerated Wear Testing with Microfabricated Surfaces for Artificial Joint Systems

Effects of long-term feeding of crude glycerine on performance, carcass traits, meat quality, and blood and rumen metabolites of finishing bulls.

Effects of elevated crude glycerin concentrations on feedlot performance and carcass characteristics in finishing steers

Garry Ryan; GLYCERINE; NeWest Press (Fiction: Mystery) 18.95 ISBN: 9781927063682

Glycerine; A Detective Lane Mystery

AS far as I am aware there is nothing in Ecigs except glycerine and nicotine.

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INGREDIENTS WT% Phase A Deionized water 90.70 Certified Organic Glycerin (Coast Southwest, Allyson 4.00 Enterprises, Inc.) (Glycerin) Endinol SCS (Coast Southwest) (Sodium 2.00 coco-sulfate) Phase B Certified Organic AllyEster (Coast 1.00 Southwest, Allyson Enterprises, Inc.) (Ethyl palmate) Sharon Biomix Free H (Coast Southwest, .80 Sharon-Laboratories Ltd.) (Phenyl propanol (and) glycerine (and) citrus reticulata fruit extract (and) citrus aurantiurn amara fruit extract (and) citrus sinensis peel extract (and) ascorbic acid (and) citric acid (and) lactic acid (and) aqua Essential Oil Blend q.s.