Search Result for "calcium_octadecanoate":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an insoluble calcium salt of stearic acid and palmitic acid; it is formed when soap is mixed with water that contains calcium ions and is the scum produced in regions of hard water;
[syn: calcium stearate, calcium octadecanoate]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

calcium octadecanoate n 1: an insoluble calcium salt of stearic acid and palmitic acid; it is formed when soap is mixed with water that contains calcium ions and is the scum produced in regions of hard water [syn: calcium stearate, calcium octadecanoate]