Английский Этимологический словарь - paraffin
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Paraffin
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~ n 1 BrE an oil used for heating and in lamps, made from petroleum or coal; kerosene AmE 2 paraffin wax ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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1. Paraffin is a strong-smelling liquid which is used as a fuel in heaters, lamps, and engines. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use kerosene) ...a paraffin lamp. N-UNCOUNT 2. Paraffin wax, or in American English paraffin, is a white wax obtained from petrol or coal. It is used to make candles and in beauty treatments. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: German, from Latin parum too little (akin to Greek pauros little, paid-, pais child) + affinis bordering on — more at few, affinity Date: 1838 1. a. a waxy crystalline flammable substance obtained especially from distillates of wood, coal, petroleum, or shale oil that is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons and is used chiefly in coating and sealing, in candles, in rubber compounding, and in pharmaceuticals and cosmetics b. any of various mixtures of similar hydrocarbons including mixtures that are semisolid or oily 2. alkane 3. chiefly British kerosene • ~ic adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 an inflammable waxy or oily substance obtained by distillation from petroleum or shale, used in liquid form (also paraffin oil) esp. as a fuel. 2 Chem. = ALKANE. Phrases and idioms paraffin wax paraffin in its solid form. Etymology: G (1830) f. L parum little + affinis related, from the small affinity it has for other substances ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) парафин 2) мн. ч. парафины, алканы, предельные [насыщенные] углеводороды 3) англ. керосин - average paraffins - free paraffin - liquid paraffin - nature paraffin - white paraffin ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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парафин, парафиновый hard block paraffin — твердый парафин - commercial paraffin - crude paraffin - medicinal paraffin - paraffin chiller - paraffin oil - paraffin tank - petroleum paraffin - purify paraffin ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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oil 1) нефть парафинового основания 2) керосин PARAFFIN wax noun твёрдый парафин PARAFFIN 1. noun 1) chem. парафин 2) керосин 3) attr. парафиновый 2. v. покрывать или пропитывать парафином ...Англо-русский словарь
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