Bookmark the Dictionary of Words Online

runnet definition from the Dictionary of Words

Home Contact us New words
Web Images MP3/Audio Video Directory News
Help
Terms of Service
RESULTS IN:    English Spanish

Found 2 hits - Term: runnet, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
runnet \run"net\, n.
   see rennet.
   1913 webster
see also:
rennet 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
rennet \ren"net\, n. as. rinnan, rennan, to run, cf. gerinnan
   to curdle, coagulate. root11. see run, v.
   1. the inner, or mucous, membrane of the fourth stomach of
      the calf, or other young ruminant.
      1913 webster

   2. an infusion or preparation of the calf stomach lining,
      used for coagulating milk. the active principle in this
      coagulating action is the enzyme rennin. written also
      runnet.
      1913 webster +pjc

   cheese rennet. bot. see under cheese.

   rennet ferment physiol. chem., the enzyme rennin,
      present in rennet and in variable quantity in the gastric
      juice of most animals, which has the power of curdling
      milk. the enzyme presumably acts by changing the casein of
      milk from a soluble to an insoluble form.

   rennet stomach anat., the fourth stomach, or abomasum, of
      ruminants.
      1913 webster +pjc
see also:
run rennin runnet cheese rennet cheese rennet ferment 
rennet stomach 

Results 1 - 1 of 1 found about runnet:

Runnet >> R Words
Runnet, definition of term: Runnet
runnet_pag1.html


Last accessed:2009/01/08 08:29:02 [Total processing time: 1 seconds]
Myspace Layouts for Girls My Space
Middle East Business España México Puerto Rico Costa Rica Argentina Directorio
Dictionary online database provided by dict.org