- kerosene
- also kerosine noun Etymology: Greek kēros + English -ene (as in camphene) Date: 1854 a flammable hydrocarbon oil usually obtained by distillation of petroleum and used for a fuel and as a solvent and thinner
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Kerosene — Kerosene, sometimes spelled kerosine in scientific and industrial usage, [Webster s New World College Dictionary, kerosene .] is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid. The name is derived from Greek keros (κηρός wax). The word Kerosene was registered… … Wikipedia
Kérosène — Général No CAS 8008 20 6 No EINECS … Wikipédia en Français
kérosène — [ kerozɛn ] n. m. • 1863; var. kérosine 1862; du gr. kêros « cire » et ène ♦ Pétrole lampant obtenu par distillation des huiles brutes de pétrole. Le kérosène est utilisé pour l alimentation des réacteurs d avions. ● kérosène nom masculin (grec… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Kerosene — Kérosène Kérosène Général No CAS 8008 20 6 No EINECS … Wikipédia en Français
Kerosene — Ker o*sene , n. [Gr. ? wax.] An oil used for illuminating purposes, formerly obtained from the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc., and hence called also {coal oil}. It is now produced in immense quantities, chiefly by the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
kerosene — 1852, coined irregularly by Canadian geologist Abraham Gesner (1797 1864), who discovered how to distill it c.1846, from Gk. keros wax + chemical suffix ene. So called because it contains paraffin (hence the British English name, paraffin oil) … Etymology dictionary
kerosene — (also kerosine) ► NOUN ▪ a light fuel oil obtained by distilling petroleum, used especially in jet engines and domestic heating boilers; paraffin oil. ORIGIN from Greek k ros wax … English terms dictionary
kerosene — ☆ kerosene [ker′ə sēn΄, ker΄ə sēn′ ] n. [Gr kēros, wax + ENE] a thin oil distilled from petroleum or shale oil, used as a fuel, solvent, illuminant, etc.; coal oil: also, esp. in scientific and industrial usage, sp. kerosine … English World dictionary
kerosene — /ker euh seen , kar , ker euh seen , kar /, n. 1. a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons obtained by distilling petroleum, bituminous shale, or the like, and widely used as a fuel, cleaning solvent, etc. adj. 2. using or fueled by kerosene: a kerosene… … Universalium
kerosene — (#1 fuel oil) Flash point generally between 100 and 150° F. Explosive limits of 0.7% to 5.0%. Kerosene consists mostly of C9 through C17 hydrocarbons. In order to be identified as kerosene, a sample extract must exhibit a homologous series… … Forensic science glossary
Kerosene — A type of heating fuel derived by refining crude oil that has a boiling range at atmospheric pressure from 400 degrees to 550 degrees F. *** A light petroleum distillate that is used in space heaters, cook stoves, and water heaters and is… … Energy terms
