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1 kerosene wax
n (AmE) (cf paraffin wax BrE )CHEM cera de parafina f -
2 kerosene
n (AmE) (cf paraffin BrE )AIR TRANSP, CHEM, PETR TECH, PETROL, THERMO,TRANSP keroseno m, parafina f, petróleo lampante m -
3 wax distillate
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4 paraffin wax
n (BrE) (cf kerosene wax AmE )CHEM cera de parafina f -
5 parafina
f.paraffin wax.* * *1 paraffin* * ** * *a) ( sólida) paraffin (wax)b) (AmL) ( combustible) kerosene* * *= paraffin.Ex. Eating a lot of paraffin can cause intestinal obstruction.----* estufa de parafina = oil stove.* * *a) ( sólida) paraffin (wax)b) (AmL) ( combustible) kerosene* * *= paraffin.Ex: Eating a lot of paraffin can cause intestinal obstruction.
* estufa de parafina = oil stove.* * *1 (sólida) paraffin, paraffin waxCompuesto:* * *
parafina sustantivo femenino
' parafina' also found in these entries:
English:
paraffin
* * *parafina nfparaffin wax* * *f kerosene, Brparaffin* * *parafina nf: paraffin -
6 paraffine
paraffine [paʀafin]feminine noun* * *paʀafinhuile de paraffine — paraffin oil GB, kerosene US
* * *paʀafin nf* * *paraffine nf ( liquide) paraffin GB, kerosene US; ( solide) paraffin wax; huile de paraffine paraffin oil GB, kerosene US.[parafin] nom fémininparaffin ou paraffine (wax) -
7 paraffin
((American kerosene) a kind of oil which is used as a fuel: This heater burns paraffin; (also adjective) a paraffin lamp.) queroseno (aceite); parafina (cera)tr['pærəfɪn]1 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL queroseno\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLliquid paraffin aceite nombre masculino de parafinaparafin heater estufa de petróleoparaffin lamp lámpara de querosenoparaffin wax parafinaparaffin ['pærəfən] n: parafina fn.• kerosene s.m.• parafina s.f.• petróleo s.m.'pærəfən, 'pærəfɪnmass nouna) paraffin (wax) parafina fb) paraffin (oil) (BrE) queroseno m, kerosene m, parafina f (Chi)['pærǝfɪn]1.2.CPDparaffin heater N — estufa f de parafina
paraffin lamp N — quinqué m
paraffin wax N — parafina f
* * *['pærəfən, 'pærəfɪn]mass nouna) paraffin (wax) parafina fb) paraffin (oil) (BrE) queroseno m, kerosene m, parafina f (Chi) -
8 paraffin
['pærəfɪn] 1.1) BE (fuel) cherosene m.2) (anche paraffin wax) paraffina f.2.modificatore BE [lamp, heater] a cherosene* * *((American kerosene) a kind of oil which is used as a fuel: This heater burns paraffin; ( also adjective) a paraffin lamp.) paraffina, petrolio, cherosene* * *paraffin, paraffine /ˈpærəfi:n/n. [u]● paraffin paper, carta paraffinata □ paraffin test, (prova del) guanto di paraffina □ paraffin wax, paraffina solida; cera paraffinica.(to) paraffin, (to) paraffine /ˈpærəfi:n/v. t.paraffinare.* * *['pærəfɪn] 1.1) BE (fuel) cherosene m.2) (anche paraffin wax) paraffina f.2.modificatore BE [lamp, heater] a cherosene -
9 Paraffin
n; -s, -e paraffin, Am. kerosene* * *das Paraffinkerosene; paraffin; kerosine* * *Pa|raf|fin [para'fiːn]nt -s, -e (CHEM)(= Paraffinöl) (liquid) paraffin; (= Paraffinwachs) paraffin wax* * *((American kerosene) a kind of oil which is used as a fuel: This heater burns paraffin; ( also adjective) a paraffin lamp.) paraffin* * *Pa·raf·fin<-s, -e>[paraˈfi:n]nt paraffin* * ** * *-e n.paraffin n. -
10 paraffin
noun1) (Chem.) Paraffin, das* * *((American kerosene) a kind of oil which is used as a fuel: This heater burns paraffin; ( also adjective) a paraffin lamp.) das Paraffin; Paraffin-...* * *par·af·fin[ˈpærəfɪn, AM ˈper-]n no pl* * *['prəfɪn]n(Brit: oil US = wax) Paraffin nt* * *A s1. Paraffin n:liquid paraffin Paraffinöl n;solid paraffin Erdwachs n;paraffin wax Paraffin (für Kerzen)a) Leucht-, Brenn-, Heizöl nb) Schmieröl nB v/t mit Paraffin behandeln, paraffinieren* * *noun1) (Chem.) Paraffin, das* * *n.Paraffin -e n. -
11 Gesner, Abraham
SUBJECT AREA: Chemical technology[br]b. 1797 Englandd. 1864[br]English pioneer in the extraction of paraffin.[br]Gesner qualified as a physician in London in 1827 and developed an interest in geology. Possibly through his friendship with Admiral Thomas Cochrane, later tenth Earl of Dundonald, he began experimenting with asphalt rock from Trinidad; he obtained several patents for the processes he employed to extract an oil from the rock. In 1853 the Asphalt Mining and Kerosene Company was founded to work his patents, which described how to purify the liquid produced by the dry distillation of asphalt, by mixing the liquid first with 5–10 per cent by volume of sulphuric acid to remove tars, and then with freshly calcined lime to remove water. It was then redistilled to produce an inflammable oil. Gesner called it kerosene, from the Greek keros, meaning "wax"; in Britain it came to be known as paraffin. The new oil sold well, especially when accompanied by a cheap lamp with a flat wick and glass chimney. By 1856 Gesner considered his product could replace whale oil as a fuel for lamps; success was short-lived, however, for the oil was overtaken three years later by the drilling of the first American petroleum wells.LRD -
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13 paraffin
paraffin ['pærəfɪn]1 noun(c) (paraffin wax) paraffine fparaffiner(heater) à mazout►► paraffin lamp lampe f à pétrole;paraffin stove poêle m à mazout;paraffin wax paraffine f -
14 mixture
1) смесь2) смешение, смешивание3) шихта5) пищ. состав, композиция•-
acetylating mixture
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additive mixture
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adhesive mixture
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air-and-coal mixture
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air-and-fuel mixture
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air-coal mixture
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air-flue gas mixture
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air-flue mixture
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air-fuel mixture
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air-petrol mixture
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air-steam mixture
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air-vapor mixture
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ammonia-water mixture
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azeotropic mixture
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base mixture
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batch mixture
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borderline mixture
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brazing mixture
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ceramic mixture
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charge mixture
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clay mixture
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close-boiling mixture
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coal-liquid mixture
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coal-methanol-water mixture
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coal-oil mixture
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coal-water mixture
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coating mixture
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cold-patch mixture
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combustible mixture
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constant boiling mixture
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cooling mixture
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core sand mixture
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deflagrating mixture
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detonating mixture
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earthenware mixture
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enrichment mixture
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equivalent mixture
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eutectic mixture
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explosive mixture
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filler mixture
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fish-salt mixture
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freezing mixture
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frigorific mixture
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fuel mixture
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full lean mixture
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fusion mixture
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gas mixture
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gas-oil mixture
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gasoline antifreeze mixture
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gas-vapor mixture
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glass mixture
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gun mixture
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high-boiling mixture
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intimate mixture
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kerosene-oil mixture
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lean mixture
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liquid-gas bubble mixture
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liquid-vapor mixture
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low-boiling mixture
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maximum-speed mixture
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methane-air mixture
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noconstant boiling mixture
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oil-hydrogen mixture
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oil-wax mixture
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oily mixture
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overrich mixture
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oxygen-air mixture
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peat-alcohol mixture
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peat-oil mixture
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persorption mixture
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petroleum coke-water mixture
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plastic mixture
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poor mixture
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porcelain mixture
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propane-air mixture
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ramming mixture
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rare mixture
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refractory mixture
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rich mixture
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salt-ice mixture
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sand-phenolic-resin mixture
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sand-resin mixture
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saturated air mixture
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self-inflammable mixture
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stratified mixture
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superrich mixture
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tamping mixture
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tar-dolomite rammed mixture
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test mixture
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thin mixture
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viscous mixture
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water-steam mixture
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weak mixture
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weakest mixture
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1) (исходное [перерабатываемое\]) сырьё, исходный продукт3) запас(ы) || создавать запасы, запасать4) склад; машиностр. тж накопитель || сдавать на склад; хранить на складе6) метал. шихта; столб шихтовых материалов, садка7) заготовка; метал. тж задаваемая штука9) клупп10) бабка12) стопа; пачка13) резин. смесь15) мн. ч. стапель18) рукоятка; тело ( гаечного ключа)22) макулатура•-
accelerated stock
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acetate film stock
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activated stock
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air-conditioned stock
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anchor stock
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asphalt stock
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asphalt-bearing stock
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bar stock
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base stock
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bit stock
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black stock
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black-and-white film stock
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blending stock
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body stock
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bright stock
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buffer stock
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burnt stock
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carbon black stock
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catalytic cycle stock
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chucking stock
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circulating stock
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clean cracking stock
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clean recycle stock
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coiled stock
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color stock
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cracking stock
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crude lube stock
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cured stock
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cutter stock
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cycle stock
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cylinder stock
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dark-colored stocks
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die stock
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diesel stock
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dirty charge stock
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double-deck stock
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electric stock
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empty stock
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extruded stock
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feed stock
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film stock
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filtered stock
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filter stock
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filtered cylinder stock
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finished parts stock
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finished stock
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freak stock
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freight stock
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friction stock
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gas-oil stock
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heavy recycle stock
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heavy residual stock
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high-grade stock
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kerosene stock
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light recycle stock
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low-grade stock
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lube stock
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mother stock
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motion-picture film stock
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naphtha stock
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natural rubber-based stock
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negative raw stock
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nonblack stock
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nonexposed stock
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oil stock
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old paper stock
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overhead bright stock
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overhead cylinder stock
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panchromatic stock
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paper stock
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passenger stock
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petrolatum stock
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photographic film stock
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pipeline stock
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plasticized stock
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plate stock
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poor-cracking stock
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positive raw stock
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producers stock
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profile rubber stock
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quench stock
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raw stock
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recycle stock
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refinery stock
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refrigerated rolling stock
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residual charge stock
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residual stock
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reversal raw stock
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rod stock
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rolled stock
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roll stock
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rolled-up stock
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rolling stock
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rough stock
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rubber-tired stock
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rudder stock
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sensitive stock
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soap stock
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sound negative raw stock
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standard-gage stock
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steam cylinder stock
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steam-refined cylinder stock
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straight-run stock
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sulfur feed stock
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sweet stock
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tank farm stock
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tar stock
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tire stock
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tube stock
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tuyere stock
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unexposed stock
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unfiltered cylinder stock
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UV film stock
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video tape stock
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virgin stock
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1. смесь2. смешивание
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- air-petrol mixture
- air-vapor mixture
- buffer mixture
- cementing mixture
- coal-oil mixture
- combustible mixture
- detonating mixture
- explosive mixture
- freezing mixture
- full lean mixture
- gas mixture
- gas-oil mixture
- gasoline antifreeze mixture
- gas-vapor mixture
- homogeneous mixture
- kerosene-oil mixture
- lean mixture
- methane-air mixture
- oil-clay mixture
- oil-hydrogen mixture
- oil-steam mixture
- oil-wax mixture
- oily mixture
- overrich mixture
- peat-oil mixture
- petroleum coke-water mixture
- propane-air mixture
- rich mixture
- sand-cement mixture
- saturated air mixture
- thin mixture -
17 oil
1. нефть || нефтяной2. масло ( растительное или минеральное) || масляный3. жидкая смазка, смазочное масло || смазыватьoil struck at... — нефть встречена на глубине...
— hot oil— base oil— cut oil— dead oil— form oil— fuel oil— lean oil— live oil— load oil— lock oil— net oil— oil in— raw oil— rich oil— rock oil— seep oil— sour oil— tank oil— tar oil— wet oil
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нефть (все жидкие углеводороды, получаемые из скважин, и конденсаты, извлекаемые из природного газа)pipeline quality crude oil — нефть, соответствующая требованиям транспортирования по трубопроводу (упругость паров по Рейду в подвижном состоянии -100)
tanker specification crude oil — нефть, соответствующая требованиям транспортирования танкерами (упругость паров по Рейду в подвешенном состоянии -10)
to hold back oil in the reservoir — удерживать нефть в коллекторе;
— bad oil— base oil— cut oil— dead oil— dry oil— dump oil— fuel oil— hot oil— live oil— load oil— raw oil— rock oil— sour oil— tank oil— wet oil— wild oil
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1. нефть
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нефть (<<жидкие углеводороды, извлекаемые из природного газа) || нефтянойoil in bulk — 1) нефть наливом; нефтепродукты наливом 2) нефть в резервуаре;
oil in hole — нефть в стволе скважины;
oil in place — нефть в пласте; пластовая нефть; нефть, предположительно находящаяся в коллекторе;
oil in reserve — 1) нефть, заполняющая трубопроводы и резервуары 2) нефтепродукт, заполняющий систему заводских резервуаров и трубопроводов;
oil in sight — видимые запасы нефти;
oil in situ — нефть в пласте;
oil in storage — 1) нефть в трубопроводах 2) избыточная ( не отправленная потребителям) нефть на нефтебазах;
oil initially in place — первоначальные запасы нефти в коллекторе;
oil originally in reservoir — начальное содержание нефти в пласте;
to carry oil — содержать нефть;
to flood oil toward production well — вытеснять нефть ( водой) к добывающей скважине;
to hold back oil in the reservoir — удерживать нефть в коллекторе;
to make oil — добывать нефть;
to run the oil — 1) измерять количество нефти в промысловых резервуарах 2) перекачивать нефть из промысловых резервуаров по трубопроводу;
to skim off oil — собирать нефть, разлившуюся на поверхности воды;
to strike oil — обнаруживать месторождение нефти;
- oil of paraffinoil to surface — нефть, поступающая на поверхность;
- abandoned oil
- absorbent oil
- adsorbed oil
- absorption oil
- acid oil
- acid-refined oil
- acid-stage oil
- additive blended oil
- additive motor oil
- additive treated oil
- additive-type oil
- admiralty fuel oil
- aeroengine oil
- air filter oil
- aircraft oil
- airplane oil
- all-purpose engine oil
- alpha oil
- American paraffin oil
- Appalachian oil
- aqueous-soluble oil
- Arctic oil
- aromatic-base crude oil
- asphalt-base oil
- asphalt-free oil
- asphaltic road oil
- asphaltum oil
- automobile oil
- average-quality oil
- axle oil
- bad oil
- base oil
- batch oil
- Beaumont oil
- bentonite diesel oil
- benzolized oil
- benzyl mustard oil
- black oil
- blasting oil
- blended fuel oil
- blue oil
- bobbin oil
- bodied oil
- boiler oil
- branded oil
- break-in oil
- bright oil
- bubble point oil
- burner oil
- burning oil
- by-passed oil
- capacitor oil
- car oil
- carbon oil
- cargo oil
- catalytic gas oil
- circuit-breaker oil
- clay-filtered oil
- clean oil
- cleaning oil
- cleansing oil
- coal oil
- coastal oil
- coker gas oil
- cold-settled oil
- cold-test oil
- commercial oil
- compressor oil
- concrete form oil
- condensed oil
- condenser oil
- conventional oil
- cordage oil
- corrected oil
- crankcase oil
- crevice oil
- crude oil
- crude mineral oil
- crude petroleum fuel oil
- crude shale oil
- crystal oil
- cut oil
- cutter oil
- cutting oil
- cycle oil
- cycle gas oil
- cylinder oil
- dangerous oil
- dead oil
- debenzolized oil
- degassed oil
- denuded oil
- desalinized oil
- development oil
- dielectrical oil
- diesel oil
- diesel-fuel oil
- dispersed oil
- dissolved oil
- distillate oil
- distillate fuel oil
- domestic oil
- doped oil
- dry oil
- dual-purpose oil
- dump oil
- earth oil
- economically recoverable oil
- electrical switch oil
- emulsified crude oil
- emulsion oil
- engine oil
- enriched oil
- entrained oil
- equilibrium oil
- estimated original oil in place
- explosive oil
- extra-heavy crude oil
- first-quality oil
- fluid oil
- flush oil
- fluxing oil
- foam oil
- foot's oil
- foreign oil
- form oil
- fossil oil
- free oil
- fuel oil
- furnace oil
- gaged oil
- gas oil
- gas absorber oil
- gas and mud-cut oil
- gas-cut oil
- gas-cut load oil
- gear oil
- gearbox oil
- gearcase oil
- gelled oil
- graphite lubrication oil
- grease oil
- grease-spoiled oil
- green bloom oil
- green cast oil
- hard oil
- heating oil
- heavy oil
- heavy-cycle gas oil
- heavy-duty supplement oil
- heavy gas oil
- heavy lubricating oil
- heavy neutral oil
- high-gravity oil
- high-pour-point oil
- high-pour-test oil
- high-pressure oil
- high-temperature shale oil
- highly detergent oil
- highly refined oil
- highly resinous oil
- hot oil
- hybrid-base oil
- hydraulic oil
- hydraulic system oil
- hydrocarbon oils
- hydrofined oil
- hydrogen-deficient gas oil
- illuminating oil
- imported oil
- inactive oil
- incremental oil
- industrial white oil
- initial oil in place
- initial oil in reservoir
- in-place oil
- inspissated oil
- instrument oil
- insulating oil
- intermediate oil
- irreducible oil
- kerosene oil
- lake oil
- lamp oil
- lean oil
- lease oil
- light oil
- light crude oil
- light cycle gas oil
- light engine oil
- light fuel oil
- light gas oil
- light viscosity oil
- lightwood oil
- limestone oil
- live oil
- livered oil
- load oil
- lock oil
- long-time burning oil
- loom oil
- low-gravity oil
- low-viscosity oil
- lubricating oil
- machinery oil
- make-up oil
- marine oil
- marine engine oil
- merchantable oil
- middle oil
- Middle East oil
- migratory oil
- mineral oil
- mineral earth oil
- mineral seal oil
- miner's oil
- mixed asphaltic base oil
- mixed-base oil
- mother oil
- motor oil
- moveable oil
- mud oil
- mud-cut oil
- multigrade oil
- noncongealable oil
- nondrying oil
- opal oil
- naphthalene oil
- naphthene oil
- natural oil
- net oil
- net residual oil
- nonabsorbent oil
- nonfoaming oil
- nonrecoverable oil
- nonresinous oil
- nonsulfurous oil
- occluded oil
- offshore oil
- original oil in place
- original stock tank oil in place
- oxydized oil
- oxygenated oil
- pale oil
- paraffin-base oil
- paraffin-base crude oil
- paraffinic oil
- pattern oil
- penetrating oil
- petrolatum oil
- petroleum fuel oil
- petroleum gas oil
- pilot oil
- piped oil
- pipeline oil
- pipeline quality crude oil
- polybase oil
- power oil
- primary oil
- produced oil
- prospective oil
- pumping load oil
- pure oil
- range oil
- raw oil
- recirculating oil
- reclaimed lubricating oil
- recoverable oil
- recovered oil
- red oil
- reduced oil
- reduced fuel oil
- refined oil
- residual oil
- retained oil
- returning circulation oil
- rich oil
- road oil
- rock oil
- roily oil
- rustproof oil
- saturated oil
- scavenge oil
- scrubbing oil
- secondary oil
- seep oil
- selective solvent-extracted oil
- selective solvent-refined oil
- separator oil
- service DG oil
- service DM oil
- service DS oil
- service ML oil
- service MM oil
- service MS oil
- shafting oil
- shale oil
- Sherwood oil
- short oil
- shrinked oil
- skunk oil
- slightly gas-cut oil
- sludge oil
- slurry oil
- slush oil
- slushing oil
- solar oil
- solid oil
- solidified oil
- soluble oil
- sorbed oil
- sour oil
- spindle oil
- steam-distillable oil
- steam-refined oil
- stock-tank oil
- stock-tank oil in place
- stoker's oil
- stone oil
- stove oil
- straight mineral oil
- straw oil
- stripped oil
- stripping oil
- subzero oil
- sulfonated oil
- sulfur-bearing oil
- sulfurous oil
- summer oil
- surplus oil
- sweat oil
- sweet oil
- switch oil
- tank oil
- tanker specification crude oil
- tar oil
- tarry oil
- tertiary oil
- thin oil
- thinned oil
- topped oil
- torch oil
- tractor oil
- transformer oil
- trapped oil
- trimming oil
- trolly oil
- turkey-red oil
- undiluted engine oil
- univis oil
- unrecovered oil
- unrefinable oil
- unrefinable crude oil
- unstripped oil
- untreated oil
- vaporizing oil
- vulcan oil
- washed blue oil
- waste oil
- water-cut oil
- watered oil
- watery oil
- wax oil
- wet oil
- white oil
- wild oil
- winter oil
- wirerope oil* * *• нефть• нефтяной -
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1. запас || запасать; хранить на складе
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складские запасы ( нефти или нефтепродуктов); исходное сырье
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2) перерабатываемое сырьё; крекируемое сырьё;3) сырьевой нефтепродукт; полупродукт; дистиллят; базовый компонент ()4) складские запасы ()5) фонд скважин•- stock of wells under test
- adjustable die stocks
- asphalt stock
- asphalt-bearing stock
- base stock
- base blending stock
- black stock
- blending stock
- bright stock
- catalytic cycle stock
- charge stock
- circulating stock
- clean cracking stock
- clean recycle stock
- cracked stock
- cracking stock
- crude lube stock
- cutter stock
- cycle stock
- cylinder stock
- dark-colored stock
- dirty charge stock
- feed stock
- filtered stock
- filtered cylinder stock
- finished stock
- freak stock
- gasoil stock
- gasoil recycle stock
- heavy recycle stock
- heavy residual stock
- high-grade stock
- kerosene stock
- light recycle stock
- low-grade stock
- lube stock
- mother stock
- naphtha stock
- nonoperating well stock
- oil stock
- oil stock in pipeline
- old well stock
- operating well stock
- overhead bright stock
- overhead cylinder stock
- Pennsylvania base stock
- petrolatum stock
- pipeline stock
- poor-cracking stock
- producers stock
- producing well stock
- product stock
- quench stock
- raw stock
- recycle stock
- refinery stock
- residual stock
- residual charge stock
- sensitive stock
- steam cylinder stock
- steam-refined cylinder stock
- straight-run stock
- sulfur feed stock
- sweet stock
- tank farm stock
- tar stock
- tube stock
- unfiltered cylinder stock
- virgin stock
- wax stock
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19 нефтеносный сланец
1) Geology: bituminous shale, dunnet shale, kerosine coal, paraffin shale, petroleum-oil cannel coal, petrolo-shale, pyrobituminous shale, resinous shale, sapanthrakon stone2) Engineering: petroliferous shale3) Mining: kim coal (юрского возраста), kim shale (юрского возраста)4) Oil: dice, oil shale, pyroshale, resinoid shale, sapanthrakon, shaly blae, hones, pyroschist, wax shale5) Makarov: waxy shale6) oil&gas: combustible shale, kerogen shale, kerosene shale, shale coalУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > нефтеносный сланец
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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); …