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Definition of petroleum
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of petroleum is as below...
Petroleum
(n.) Rock oil,
mineral
oil, or
natural
oil, a dark brown or
greenish
inflammable
liquid,
which,
at
certain
points,
exists
in the upper
strata
of the
earth,
from
whence
it is
pumped,
or
forced
by
pressure
of the gas
attending
it. It
consists
of a
complex
mixture
of
various
hydrocarbons,
largely
of the
methane
series,
but may vary much in
appearance,
composition,
and
properties.
It is
refined
by
distillation,
and the
products
include
kerosene,
benzine,
gasoline,
paraffin,
etc..
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Petrol
::
Petrol
(n.)
Petroleum.
Benzine
::
Benzine
(n.) A
liquid
consisting
mainly
of the
lighter
and more
volatile
hydrocarbons
of
petroleum
or
kerosene
oil, used as a
solvent
and for
cleansing
soiled
fabrics;
--
called
also
petroleum
spirit,
petroleum
benzine.
Varieties
or
similar
products
are
gasoline,
naphtha,
rhigolene,
ligroin,
etc..
Dipropyl
::
Dipropyl
(n.) One of the
hexane
paraffins,
found in
petroleum,
consisting
of two
propyl
radicals.
See
Hexane..
Heptane
::
Heptane
(n.) Any one of
several
isometric
hydrocarbons,
C7H16,
of the
paraffin
series
(nine are
possible,
four are
known);
-- so
called
because
the
molecule
has seven
carbon
atoms.
Specifically,
a
colorless
liquid,
found as a
constituent
of
petroleum,
in the tar oil of
cannel
coal, etc..
Picene
::
Picene
(n.) A
hydrocarbon
(C/H/)
extracted
from the
pitchy
residue
of coal tar and
petroleum
as a
bluish
fluorescent
crystalline
substance.
Pentane
::
Pentane
(n.) Any one of the three
metameric
hydrocarbons,
C5H12,
of the
methane
or
paraffin
series.
They are
colorless,
volatile
liquids,
two of which occur in
petroleum.
So
called
because
of the five
carbon
atoms in the
molecule..
Benzene
::
Benzene
(n.) A
volatile,
very
inflammable
liquid,
C6H6,
contained
in the
naphtha
produced
by the
destructive
distillation
of coal, from which it is
separated
by
fractional
distillation.
The name is
sometimes
applied
also to the
impure
commercial
product
or
benzole,
and also, but
rarely,
to a
similar
mixed
product
of
petroleum..
Undecane
::
Undecane
(n.) A
liquid
hydrocarbon,
C11H24,
of the
methane
series,
found in
petroleum;
-- so
called
from its
containing
eleven
carbon
atoms in the
molecule..
Bucket Shop
::
Bucket
shop () An
office
or a place where
facilities
are given for
betting
small sums on
current
prices
of
stocks,
petroleum,
etc..
Petroleuse
::
Petroleuse
(n. f.) One who makes use of
petroleum
for
incendiary
purposes.
Gasoline
::
Gasoline
(n.) A
highly
volatile
mixture
of fluid
hydrocarbons,
obtained
from
petroleum,
as also by the
distillation
of
bituminous
coal. It is used in
making
air gas, and in
giving
illuminating
power to water gas. See
Carburetor..
Eikosane
::
Eikosane
(n.) A solid
hydrocarbon,
C20H42,
of the
paraffine
series,
of
artificial
production,
and also
probably
occurring
in
petroleum..
Cymogene
::
Cymogene
(n.) A
highly
volatile
liquid,
condensed
by cold and
pressure
from the first
products
of the
distillation
of
petroleum;
-- used for
producing
low
temperatures..
Corner
::
Corner
(v. t.) To get
command
of (a
stock,
commodity,
etc.),
so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to
corner
the
shares
of a
railroad
stock;
to
corner
petroleum..
Sodium
::
Sodium
(n.) A
common
metallic
element
of the
alkali
group,
in
nature
always
occuring
combined,
as in
common
salt, in
albite,
etc. It is
isolated
as a soft, waxy,
white,
unstable
metal,
so
readily
oxidized
that it
combines
violently
with
water,
and to be
preserved
must be kept under
petroleum
or some
similar
liquid.
Sodium
is used
combined
in many
salts,
in the free state as a
reducer,
and as a means of
obtaining
other
metals
(as
magnesium
and
aluminium)
is an
important
commercial
product.
Symbol
Rhigolene
::
Rhigolene
(n.) A
mixture
of
volatile
hydrocarbons
intermediate
between
gsolene
and
cymogene.
It is
obtained
in the
purification
of crude
petroleum,
and is used as a
refregerant..
Endecane
::
Endecane
(n.) One of the
higher
hydrocarbons
of the
paraffin
series,
C11H24,
found as a
constituent
of
petroleum..
Petroleum
::
Petroleum
(n.) Rock oil,
mineral
oil, or
natural
oil, a dark brown or
greenish
inflammable
liquid,
which,
at
certain
points,
exists
in the upper
strata
of the
earth,
from
whence
it is
pumped,
or
forced
by
pressure
of the gas
attending
it. It
consists
of a
complex
mixture
of
various
hydrocarbons,
largely
of the
methane
series,
but may vary much in
appearance,
composition,
and
properties.
It is
refined
by
distillation,
and the
products
include
kerosene,
benzine,
gasoline,
paraffin,
etc..
Naphtha
::
Naphtha
(n.) One of
several
volatile
inflammable
liquids
obtained
by the
distillation
of
certain
carbonaceous
materials
and
resembling
the
naphtha
from
petroleum;
as,
Boghead
naphtha,
from
Boghead
coal
(obtained
at
Boghead,
Scotland);
crude
naphtha,
or light oil, from coal tar; wood
naphtha,
from wood, etc..
Pentadecane
::
Pentadecane
(n.) A
hydrocarbon
of the
paraffin
series,
(C15H32)
found in
petroleum,
tar oil, etc., and
obtained
as a
colorless
liquid;
-- so
called
from the
fifteen
carbon
atoms in the
molecule..
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