paraffin – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
paraffin
n.
white substance that resembles wax (used in the manufacturing of medical preparations and other products)
Paraffin
Paraffin may refer to:
Chemicals
- Paraffin wax, a white or colourless soft solid that is used as a lubricant and for other applications
- Alkane, a saturated hydrocarbon
- Kerosene, a fuel that is also known as paraffin
- Tractor vaporising oil, a fuel
- Liquid paraffin (medicinal), a very highly refined mineral oil used in cosmetics and for medical purposes
- Mineral oil, any of various colorless, odorless, light mixtures of alkanes in the C15 to C40 range from a non-vegetable (mineral) source, particularly a distillate of petroleum
- Petroleum jelly, also called soft paraffin
paraffin
Noun
1. from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings
(synonym) paraffin wax
(hypernym) wax
2. a non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH(2n+2)
(synonym) methane series, alkane series, alkane
(hypernym) aliphatic compound
(hyponym) butane
3. British usage
(synonym) paraffin oil
(hypernym) kerosene, kerosine, lamp oil, coal oil
Paraffin (das)
n.
paraffin, white substance that resembles wax (used in the manufacturing of medical preparations and other products)
paraffin
n.
parafín; petrolej
