French Meaning of paraffine
Paraffine
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Nearest Words of paraffine
- paraffin wax => Paraffine
- paraffin series => série paraffinique
- paraffin scale => Écailles de paraffine
- paraffin oil => Huile de paraffine
- paraffin => Paraffine
- paraesthesia => Paresthésie
- paraduodenal smear => Frottis paraduodénal
- paradoxy => paradoxe
- paradoxurus => Civette
- paradoxure => Paradoxures
Definitions and Meaning of paraffine in English
paraffine (n.)
A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., by distillation. It is used as an illuminant and lubricant. It is very inert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents. It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus coal gas and kerosene consist largely of paraffins.
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Paraffine
A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., by distillation. It is used as an
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No antonyms found.
paraffin wax => Paraffine, paraffin series => série paraffinique, paraffin scale => Écailles de paraffine, paraffin oil => Huile de paraffine, paraffin => Paraffine,
