paraffin coal

paraffin coal
светлый битуминозный уголь

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  • coal — n. & v. n. 1 a a hard black or blackish rock, mainly carbonized plant matter, found in underground seams and used as a fuel and in the manufacture of gas, tar, etc. b Brit. a piece of this for burning. 2 a red hot piece of coal, wood, etc. in a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Paraffin — Par af*fin (p[a^]r [a^]f*f[i^]n), Paraffine Par af*fine (p[a^]r [a^]f*f[i^]n or p[a^]r [a^]f*f[=e]n), n. [F. paraffine, fr. L. parum too little + affinis akin. So named in allusion to its chemical inactivity.] (Chem.) A white waxy substance,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Paraffin series — Paraffin Par af*fin (p[a^]r [a^]f*f[i^]n), Paraffine Par af*fine (p[a^]r [a^]f*f[i^]n or p[a^]r [a^]f*f[=e]n), n. [F. paraffine, fr. L. parum too little + affinis akin. So named in allusion to its chemical inactivity.] (Chem.) A white waxy… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • paraffin wax — paraffin in its solid state. [1870 75] * * * ▪ chemical compound       colourless or white, somewhat translucent, hard wax consisting of a mixture of solid straight chain hydrocarbons ranging in melting point from about 48° to 66° C (120° to 150° …   Universalium

  • paraffin wax — noun from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings • Syn: ↑paraffin • Hypernyms: ↑wax * * * noun see paraffin I, 1a * * * paraffin in its solid state. [1870 75] * * * paraffin wax …   Useful english dictionary

  • coal oil — noun a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters • Syn: ↑kerosene, ↑kerosine, ↑lamp oil • Hypernyms: ↑fuel, ↑hydrocarbon • Hyponyms: ↑paraffin, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • coal tar — noun a tar formed from distillation of bituminous coal; coal tar can be further distilled to give various aromatic compounds • Hypernyms: ↑pitch, ↑tar • Substance Meronyms: ↑naphthalene * * * noun : tar obtained by the destructive distillation of …   Useful english dictionary

  • paraffin — 1. One of the methane series of acyclic hydrocarbons. 2. SYN: hard p.. [L. parum, little, + affinis, neighboring, akin, so called because of its slight tendency to chemical reaction] chlorinated p. a solvent for dichloramine T. hard p. a purified …   Medical dictionary

  • paraffin — [[t]pæ̱rəfɪn[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Paraffin is a strong smelling liquid which is used as a fuel in heaters, lamps, and engines. [mainly BRIT] ...a paraffin lamp. Syn: kerosene (in AM, use kerosene) 2) N UNCOUNT Paraffin wax, or in American English… …   English dictionary

  • paraffin — par|af|fin [ˈpærəfın] n [U] [Date: 1800 1900; : German; Origin: Latin parum too little + affinis related ; because it does not easily make compounds with other substances] 1.) BrE a kind of oil used for heating and in lamps, made from ↑petroleum… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • coal — Synonyms and related words: alcohol, anthracite, ash, ashes, benzine, blaze, blister, brand, briquette, brown coal, bunker, burn, burn in, burn off, burnable, burning ember, butane, calx, carbon, cast, cater, cauterize, char, charcoal, cinder,… …   Moby Thesaurus


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