PETROLEUM
\pətɹˈə͡ʊliːəm], \pətɹˈəʊliːəm], \p_ə_t_ɹ_ˈəʊ_l_iː__ə_m]\
Definitions of PETROLEUM
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- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Naturally occurring complex liquid hydrocarbons which, after distillation, yield combustible fuels, petrochemicals, and lubricants.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An inflammable dark yellowish brown liquid issuing from certain rocks or pumped from the earth; mineral oil.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Rock oil, coal oil, mineral oil, a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons found in the earth in various parts of the world; its source is uncertain but it is most commonly believed to be derived from fossilized animal remains; the petroleum of the United States is from rocks of the Devonian period, the Russian petroleum from tertiary formations; besides its use for lighting and heating purposes petroleum is the source of vaseline.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A liquid mineral pitch of a dark yellowish-brown colour, so called from its oozing out of several strata like oil; known also as mineral oil.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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A bituminous substance flowing spontaneously from the earth, in various parts of the world; of a fetid odour, and bitter, acrid taste. It is semi-liquid, tenacious, semi-transparent; of a reddish-brown colour; insoluble in water and alcohol; combines with fixed and essential oils and sulphur; and is partially soluble in ether. The petroleum found at Gabian, near Beziers, in France, has been called Oleum Gabianum, (F.) Huile de Gabian, Petroleum rubrum. It has been given as an excitant expectorant; and, mixed with tincture of assafoetida, in tapeworm. It is, also, used externally in chilblains, chronic rheumatism, affections of the joints and skin, and paralysis. New York Petroleum, called Seneca Oil, is used externally in similar cases.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
