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• Kerosene — Kerosene, sometimes spelled kerosine in scientific and industrial usage, [Webster s New World College Dictionary, kerosene .] is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid. The name is derived from Greek keros (κηρός wax). The word Kerosene was registered… …   Wikipedia

• Kerosene — Ker o*sene , n. [Gr. ? wax.] An oil used for illuminating purposes, formerly obtained from the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc., and hence called also {coal oil}. It is now produced in immense quantities, chiefly by the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• kerosene — 1852, coined irregularly by Canadian geologist Abraham Gesner (1797 1864), who discovered how to distill it c.1846, from Gk. keros wax + chemical suffix ene. So called because it contains paraffin (hence the British English name, paraffin oil) …   Etymology dictionary

• kerosene — (also kerosine) ► NOUN ▪ a light fuel oil obtained by distilling petroleum, used especially in jet engines and domestic heating boilers; paraffin oil. ORIGIN from Greek k ros wax …   English terms dictionary

• kerosene — ☆ kerosene [ker′ə sēn΄, ker΄ə sēn′ ] n. [Gr kēros, wax + ENE] a thin oil distilled from petroleum or shale oil, used as a fuel, solvent, illuminant, etc.; coal oil: also, esp. in scientific and industrial usage, sp. kerosine …   English World dictionary

• kerosene — /ker euh seen , kar , ker euh seen , kar /, n. 1. a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons obtained by distilling petroleum, bituminous shale, or the like, and widely used as a fuel, cleaning solvent, etc. adj. 2. using or fueled by kerosene: a kerosene… …   Universalium

• kerosene — ker|o|sene kerosine [ˈkerəsi:n] n [U] especially AmE AusE [Date: 1800 1900; : Greek; Origin: keros wax + English ene chemical compound ] a clear oil that is burnt to provide heat or light British Equivalent: paraffin ▪ a kerosene lamp …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• kerosene — 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

• kerosene — [ kɛrəsi:n] (also kerosine) noun chiefly N. Amer. a light fuel oil obtained by distilling petroleum; paraffin oil. Origin C19: from Gk kēros wax + ene …   English new terms dictionary

• kerosene — ker•o•sene or ker•o•sine [[t]ˈkɛr əˌsin, ˈkær , ˌkɛr əˈsin, ˌkær [/t]] n. chem. a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons obtained by distilling petroleum, bituminous shale, or the like and widely used as a fuel and cleaning solvent • Etymology: 1852;… …   From formal English to slang

• kerosene — /kɛrəˈsin / (say keruh seen), /ˈkɛrəsin / (say keruhseen) noun a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons, obtained in the distillation of petroleum, with boiling points in the range 150°–300°C, used for lamps, engines, heaters. Also, kerosine. {US (1855); …