GELATINES
Noun
gelatines
plural of gelatine
Anagrams
• Angelites, angle ties, anglesite, galenites, gatelines, teaseling
Source: Wiktionary
GELATINE
Gel"a*tin
Definition: , Gel"a*tine (, n. Etym: [F. gélatine, 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, not existing as such in the animal
body, but formed by the hydrating action of boiling water on the
collagen of various kinds of connective tissue (as tendons, bones,
ligaments, etc.). Its distinguishing character is that of dissolving
in hot water, and forming a jelly on cooling. It is an important
ingredient of calf's-foot jelly, isinglass, glue, etc. It is used as
food, but its nutritious qualities are of a low order.
Note: Both spellings, gelatin and gelatine, are in good use, but the
tendency of writers on physiological chemistry favors the form in -
in, as in the United States Dispensatory, the United States
Pharmacopoeia, Fownes' Watts' Chemistry, Brande & Cox's Dictionary.
Blasting gelatin, an explosive, containing about ninety-five parts of
nitroglycerin and five of collodion.
– Gelatin process, a name applied to a number of processes in the
arts, involving the use of gelatin. Especially: (a) (Photog.) A dry-
plate process in which gelatin is used as a substitute for collodion
as the sensitized material. This is the dry-plate process in general
use, and plates of extreme sensitiveness are produced by it. (b)
(Print.) A method of producing photographic copies of drawings,
engravings, printed pages, etc., and also of photographic pictures,
which can be printed from in a press with ink, or (in some
applications of the process) which can be used as the molds of
stereotype or electrotype plates. (c) (Print. or Copying) A method of
producing facsimile copies of an original, written or drawn in
aniline ink upon paper, thence transferred to a cake of gelatin
softened with glycerin, from which impressions are taken upon
ordinary paper.
– Vegetable gelatin. See Gliadin.
Gel"a*tine, n.
Definition: Same as Gelatin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition