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"Algin" Definition

noun

Any of several derivatives, such as sodium alginate or alginic acid, of a gelatinous substance extracted from certain brown algae and widely used as a thickening, stabilizing, emulsifying, or suspending agent in industrial, pharmaceutical, and food products, such as ice cream.

Source: American Heritage Dictionary

Any of various colloidal substances (as an or alginic acid) derived from marine brown algae and used especially as emulsifiers or thickeners.

Source: Merriam-Webster

A mixture of alginic acid and its salts, occurring as a viscous gum in the cell walls of brown algae (seaweed) and certain bacteria; a commercially extracted form of this, used in various manufacturing processes.

Source: Oxford Dictionary

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