Linoleum vs Linoleic - What's the difference?
linoleum | linoleic |
An inexpensive waterproof covering used especially for floors, made from solidified linseed oil over a burlap or canvas backing, or from its modern replacement, polyvinyl chloride.
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Of, or derived from linoleum, or linseed oil
(chemistry) designating an organic fatty acid, a thin yellow oil, found combined as an ester of glycerol in oils of linseed, poppy, hemp, and certain nuts; it is a polyunsaturated fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and two double bonds.
As a noun linoleum
is an inexpensive waterproof covering used especially for floors, made from solidified linseed oil over a burlap or canvas backing, or from its modern replacement, polyvinyl chloride.As an adjective linoleic is
of, or derived from linoleum, or linseed oil.linoleum
English
(wikipedia linoleum)Noun
- The house seemed unfamiliar in the dark stormy light; the red and purple glass of the front door made livid bruises on the linoleum ; the green chenille curtain was like a veil of seaweed.