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ste·ar·ic

 (stē-ăr′ĭk, stîr′ĭk)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or similar to stearin or fat.
2. Of or relating to stearic acid.

[French stéarique, from Greek stear, tallow; see stāi- in Indo-European roots.]
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stearic

(stɪˈærɪk)
adj
1. (Chemistry) of or relating to suet or fat
2. (Chemistry) of, consisting of, containing, or derived from stearic acid
[C19: from French stéarique, from Greek stear fat, tallow]
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Adj.1.stearic - of or relating to or composed of fat
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The quantile-quantile (Q-Q) plot illustrates the observed chi-square statistics against expected chi-square statistics for association test of stearic (18:0), oleic (18:1) and SFA shown in Figure 1.
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The major acid components of oil found by TLC were caproic acid, caprylic acid, capric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid, etc.
The rest of oil content consists of saturated fatty acids, i.e., palmitic acid (16: 0) and stearic acid (18: 0) (Cucci et al., 2007).
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The method includes a preliminary second polymer material treating step, in which the second polymer material, silica, a silane bonding agent, and at least one nucleophile agent are mixed with one another; a first mixing step, in which at least the first polymer material, silica, and a silane bonding agent are added to the compound resulting from the prelimi nary second polymer material treating step; and a second mixing step, in which stearic acid and a curing system are added to the compound being produced.