Italian Meaning of paraffine

Paraffina

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Definitions and Meaning of paraffine in English

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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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Paraffina

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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paraffin wax => Cera di paraffina, paraffin series => serie paraffinica, paraffin scale => Scaglia di paraffina, paraffin oil => Olio di paraffina, paraffin => Paraffina,