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A colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin
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gelatine
Word definitions for gelatine in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gelatin \Gel"a*tin\, Gelatine \Gel"a*tine\, n. [F. g['e]latine, fr. L. gelare to congeal. See Geal .] (Chem.) Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal tissues by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a nitrogeneous colloid, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin [syn: gelatin ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Gelatine was an airship operated by the United States Army Signal Corps . Gelatine was built by Thomas Scott Baldwin 's company Baldwin's Airships, Balloons, Aeroplanes of New York City . On the morning of September 19, 1905, the Gelatine , piloted by Lincoln ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 a protein derived through partial hydrolysis of the collagen extracted from animal skin, bones, cartilage, ligaments, etc. 2 an edible jelly made from this material 3 a thin, translucent membrane used as a filter for photography or for theatrical lighting ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1713, from French gélatine (17c.) "clear jelly-like substance, fish broth," from Italian gelatina , from gelata "jelly," from gelare "to jell," from Latin gelare "to freeze" (see cold (adj.)), + chemical suffix -ine (2). Spelling without the final -e is ...
Usage examples of gelatine.
The secretion, as we have seen, completely dissolves albumen, muscle, fibrin, areolar tissue, cartilage, the fibrous basis of bone, gelatine, chondrin, casein in the state in which it exists in milk, and gluten which has been subjected to weak hydrochloric acid.
We see the influence of the nature of different substances in bits of meat, albumen, and fresh gluten acting very differently from equalsized bits of gelatine, areolar tissue, and the fibrous basis of bone.
They comprised astronomical kaleidoscopes exhibiting the twelve constellations of the zodiac from Aries to Pisces, miniature mechanical orreries, arithmetical gelatine lozenges, geometrical to correspond with zoological biscuits, globemap playing balls, historically costumed dolls.
Dip into a little aspic jelly or melted gelatine and arrange the quarters in the form of a circle, with the yolks outside.
Preliminary Treatment of the Fabric -- Waterproofing with Acetate of Alumina -- Impregnation of the Fabric -- Drying -- Waterproofing with Paraffin -- Waterproofing with Ammonium Cuprate -- Waterproofing with Metallic Oxides -- Coloured Waterproof Fabrics -- Waterproofing with Gelatine, Tannin, Caseinate of Lime and other Bodies -- Manufacture of Tarpaulin -- British Waterproofing Patents -- Index.
The secretion in this state has the power of quickly dissolving, that is of digesting, the muscles of insects, meat, cartilage, albumen, fibrin, gelatine, and casein as it exists in the curds of milk.
We probably see the influence of texture in gelatine and globulin when softened by having been soaked in water acting more quickly than when merely wetted.
He talked aroma, osmazome, juices, and gelatine in a bewildering manner.
The typewriter and a gelatine hektograph were in the back office, too.
Usually, every new leaf that had burst forth over night set itself in the gelatine of his mind like so many letterpress changes on a printed page to a proof-reader.
The secretion, as we have seen, completely dissolves albumen, muscle, fibrin, areolar tissue, cartilage, the fibrous basis of bone, gelatine, chondrin, casein in the state in which it exists in milk, and gluten which has been subjected to weak hydrochloric acid.
These experiments are sufficient to show that the secretion from the glands of Dionaea dissolves albumen, gelatine, and meat, if too large pieces are not given.
They comprised astronomical kaleidoscopes exhibiting the twelve constellations of the zodiac from Aries to Pisces, miniature mechanical orreries, arithmetical gelatine lozenges, geometrical to correspond with zoological biscuits, globemap playing balls, historically costumed dolls.
Drosera, 2 , coats of pollengrains not digested by insects, 117 Binz, on action of quinine on white bloodcorpuscles, 201 , on poisonous action of quinine on low organisms, 202 Bone, its digestion by Drosera, 105 Brunton, Lauder, on digestion of gelatine, 111 , on the composition of casein, 115 , on the digestion of urea, 124 , of chlorophyll, 126 , of pepsin, 124 Byblis, 343 C.
The chondrin which I used acted more powerfully than gelatine, but then I do not know that it was pure.