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Margarate  n.  (Physiol. Chem.) A compound of the so-called margaric acid with a base.





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... light, and give the appearance of silky filaments. Some sorts of soap, in which insoluble margarates exist (Margaric acid is an oleaginous acid, formed from different animal and vegetable fatty substances. A margarate is a compound of this acid with soda, potash, or some other base, and is so named from its pearly lustre.), exhibit the same phenomenon when mixed with water; and what occurs in our experiments on a minute scale may occur ...
— The Student's Elements of Geology • Sir Charles Lyell
 
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