Stē'a-rĭne, n.

n. [Fr. stéarine, from Gr. στέαρ, tallow, suet, from ἱστάναι, to stand.] (Chem.) (a.) One of the proximate principles of animal fat, to the proportional presence of which the greater or less solidity of fat appears to be due. (b.) Stearic acid; — popularly so called. Olmsted.