Oleo is a term for
oil
An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) & lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturated ...
s. It is commonly used to refer to a variety of things:
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margarine
Margarine (, also , ) is a spread used for flavoring, baking, and cooking. It is most often used as a substitute for butter. Although originally made from animal fats, most margarine consumed today is made from vegetable oil. The spread was or ...
, a.k.a. oleomargarine not just vegetable fats but can be tallow
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Oleic acid
Oleic acid is a fatty acid that occurs naturally in various animal and vegetable fats and oils. It is an odorless, colorless oil, although commercial samples may be yellowish. In chemical terms, oleic acid is classified as a monounsaturated o ...
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Oleo strut
An oleo strut is a pneumatic air–oil hydraulic shock absorber used on the landing gear of most large aircraft and many smaller ones. This design cushions the impacts of landing and damps out vertical oscillations.
It is undesirable for an airp ...
, a type of shock absorbers on aircraft landing gear
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"Oleo" (composition), a musical composition by
Sonny Rollins
Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a ...
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''Oleo'' (Grant Green album), a 1962 album featuring the above composition
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''Oleo'' (Lee Konitz album), a 1975 album featuring the above composition
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''Oleo'' (Joe McPhee album), a 1983 album featuring the above composition
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''Oleo'' (New York Unit album), a 1989 album featuring the above composition
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Óleo
Óleo (Portuguese for "oil") is a municipality in the state of São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Bra ...
, a city in the São Paulo state in Brazil
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GNU Oleo
GNU Oleo is a discontinued lightweight free software spreadsheet originally designed as a text-based spreadsheet using the curses library. The last development version of Oleo, 1.99.16, was released in 2001.
History
The project was started in ...
, a (defunct) spreadsheet program
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Oleo drop, a kind of theater curtain
See also
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Olio (disambiguation)
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