oleo adjective & noun². ['ǝʊlɪǝʊ] E20.
[from OLEO-.]
Aeronautics.
A. adjective. Designating (a system containing) a telescopic strut, used esp. in aircraft undercarriages, which absorbs shocks by causing oil to be forced through a small valve into a hollow piston when the strut is compressed. E20.
b. absol. as noun. Pl. -os. An oleo strut or leg. E20.

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oleo noun¹. ['ǝʊlɪǝʊ, 'ɒlɪǝʊ] US. Pl. -os. L19.
[Abbreviation.]
= OLEOMARGARINE; esp. artificial butter, margarine.

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oleo- combining form ['ǝʊlɪǝʊ, 'ɒlɪǝʊ] of Latin oleum oil: see -O-.

■ oleo'chemical noun a compound derived industrially from animal or vegetable oils or fats M20.

■ oleograph noun (obsolete exc. Hist.) a form of chromolithograph, usu. varnished and often embossed, that imitates an oil-painting L19.

■ oleo'graphic adjective (obsolete exc. Hist.) of, pertaining to, or resembling an oleograph L19.

■ ole'ography noun (obsolete exc. Hist.) the art or process of printing oleographs L19.

■ ole'ometer noun an instrument for determining the density and purity of oils M19.

■ oleo'philic adjective having an affinity for oils or oily materials; readily absorbing oil: M20.

■ oleo'phobic adjective tending to repel, or not to absorb, oils or oily materials M20.

■ oleo-pneu'matic adjective (of a device or mechanism) absorbing shocks by a combination of forcing oil through an orifice and compressing gas E20.

■ oleo'resin noun a natural or artificial mixture of a (volatile) oil and a resin, a balsam M19.

■ oleo'resinous adjective of the nature of an oleoresin M19.

■ oleo'thorax Medicine (now Hist.) the introduction of light oil into the pleural cavity, formerly used to treat tuberculosis E20.

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