Glucose
['gluːkəʊs;-z] or ['ɡlukos]
Definition
(noun.) a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy.
Editor: Peter--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from starch, etc., by the action of heat and acids. It is only about half as sweet as cane sugar. Called also dextrose, grape sugar, diabetic sugar, and starch sugar. See Dextrose.
(n.) Any one of a large class of sugars, isometric with glucose proper, and including levulose, galactose, etc.
(n.) The trade name of a sirup, obtained as an uncrystallizable reside in the manufacture of glucose proper, and containing, in addition to some dextrose or glucose, also maltose, dextrin, etc. It is used as a cheap adulterant of sirups, beers, etc.
Editor: Patrick
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Grape-sugar, starch-sugar.
Typist: Weldon
Examples
- Glucose syrup, however, has largely superseded all other table syrups, and is extensively used in brewing, for cheap candies, and for bee food. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The manufacture of _sugar_ and _glucose_ from starch is an industry of great magnitude, which has grown up in the last twenty-five years. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Our exports of glucose and grape sugar for 1899 amounted to 229,003,571 pounds, worth $3,624,890. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Glucose syrup, however, has largely superseded all other table syrups, and is extensively used in brewing, for cheap candies, and for bee food. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The manufacture of _sugar_ and _glucose_ from starch is an industry of great magnitude, which has grown up in the last twenty-five years. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Our exports of glucose and grape sugar for 1899 amounted to 229,003,571 pounds, worth $3,624,890. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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