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: * Colloquial term for margarine, a.k.a. oleomargarine not just vegetable fats but can be tallow *

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 omeg ...

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 * "Oleo" (composition), a musical composition by Sonny Rollins ** ''Oleo'' (Grant Green album), a 1962 album featuring the above composition ** ''Oleo'' (Lee Konitz album), a 1975 album featuring the above composition ** ''Oleo'' (Joe McPhee album), a 1983 album featuring the above composition ** ''Oleo'' (New York Unit album), a 1989 album featuring the above composition *

Óleo Óleo (Portuguese for "oil") is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At an ...

, a city in the São Paulo state in Brazil *

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 19 ...

, a (defunct) spreadsheet program * Oleo drop, a kind of theater curtain

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