kérosène

  • 31kerosene lamp — ▪ lighting       vessel containing kerosene with a wick for burning to provide light. Such lamps were widely used from the 1860s, when kerosene first became plentiful, until the development of electric lighting. Compared with other oil lamps,… …

    Universalium

  • 32Kerosene Circuit —    Low budget touring companies of no more than eight troupers might be relegated to performing in country towns so small that kerosene lamps were still used for lighting the halls. Playing the kerosene circuit meant making the best of a long… …

    The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater

  • 33Kerosene-type jet fuel —   A kerosene based product having a maximum distillation temperature of 400 degrees Fahrenheit at the 10 percent recovery point and a final maximum boiling point of 572 degrees Fahrenheit and meeting ASTM Specification D 1655and Military… …

    Energy terms

  • 34kerosene grass — /ˈkɛrəsin gras/ (say keruhseen grahs) noun any of various short lived native perennials of the genus, Aristida, especially bunched kerosene grass, A. contorta, having coarse, wiry stems, three awns and sparse leaf growth; plentiful on sandy soils …

  • 35kerosene lamp — /kɛrəsin ˈlæmp/ (say keruhseen lamp) noun a lamp in which kerosene is used as a fuel. Also, kerosine lamp …

  • 36kerosene refrigerator — /kɛrəsin rəˈfrɪdʒəreɪtə/ (say keruhseen ruh frijuhraytuh) noun a refrigerator, especially one for use in the bush, in which the refrigeration system is powered by burning kerosene. Also, kerosine refrigerator …

  • 37kerosene tin — /ˈkɛrəsin tɪn/ (say keruhseen tin) noun a rectangular shaped container for kerosene, often cut down and used for a variety of purposes as a bucket, cooking pot, drinking trough, etc. Also, kerosine tin, kero tin …

  • 38kerosene-weed — gailinė krislenė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Astrinių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Ozothamnus ledifolius), paplitęs Australijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Ozothamnus ledifolius angl. kerosene weed šaltinis Valstybinės lietuvių kalbos… …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • 39kerosene — 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 …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 40kerosene — A mixture of petroleum hydrocarbons, chiefly of the methane series; the fifth fraction in the distillation of petroleum, used as fuel for lamps and stoves, as a degreaser and cleaner, and in insecticides. Contact on human skin can lead to… …

    Medical dictionary