stearin

The solid form of fat.

An ether or glyceride, C₃H₅O₃(C₁₈H₃₅O₂)₃, formed by the combination of stearic acid and glycerin.

A popular name for stearic acid as used in making candles.

One of the constituents of animal fats and also of some vegetable fats, as the butter of cacao. It is especially characterized by its solidity, so that when present in considerable quantity it materially increases the hardness, or raises the melting point, of the fat, as in mutton tallow. Chemically, it is a compound of glyceryl with three molecules of stearic acid, and hence is technically called tristearin, or glyceryl tristearate.

Solid fat

The triglyceride of stearic acid

an ester of glycerol and stearic acid