inflammable substance at the intermediate stage between gasoline and benzine; kerosene; petroleum
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(n.)
The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called crude petroleum, mineral oil, or rock oil. Specifically: That portion of the distillate obtained in the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a specific gravity of about 0.7, -- used as a solvent for varnishes, as a carburetant, illuminant, etc.
The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called crude petroleum, mineral oil, or rock oil. Specifically: That portion of the distillate obtained in the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a specific gravity of about 0.7, -- used as a solvent for varnishes, as a carburetant, illuminant, etc.
(n.)
One of several volatile inflammable liquids obtained by the distillation of certain carbonaceous materials and resembling the naphtha from petroleum; as, Boghead naphtha, from Boghead coal (obtained at Boghead, Scotland); crude naphtha, or light oil, from coal tar; wood naphtha, from wood, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOne of several volatile inflammable liquids obtained by the distillation of certain carbonaceous materials and resembling the naphtha from petroleum; as, Boghead naphtha, from Boghead coal (obtained at Boghead, Scotland); crude naphtha, or light oil, from coal tar; wood naphtha, from wood, etc.
naphtha
\naph"tha\ (?), n. [l. naphtha, gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;, fr.ar. nafth, nifth.]
1. (chem.) the complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called crude petroleum, mineral oil, or rock oil. specifically: that portion of the distillate obtained in the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a specific gravity of about 0.7, -- used as a solvent for varnishes, as a carburetant, illuminant, etc.
2. (chem.) one of several volatile inflammable liquids obtained by the distillation of certain carbonaceous materials and resembling the naphtha from petroleum; as, boghead naphtha, from boghead coal (obtained at boghead, scotland); crude naphtha, or light oil, from coal tar; wood naphtha, from wood, etc.
note: this term was applied by the earlier chemical writers to a number of volatile, strong smelling, inflammable liquids, chiefly belonging to the ethers, as the sulphate, nitrate, or acetate of ethyl.
naphtha
vitrioli [nl., naphtha of vitriol] (old chem.), common ethyl ether; -- formerly called sulphuric ether. see ether.
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naphtha vitrioli
A light, colorless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a solvent, as in manufacture of paints.
Noun
1. any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures; used chiefly as solvents
(hypernym) hydrocarbon
Naphtha Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
A generic term applied to a petroleum fraction with an approximate boiling range between 122 and 400 degrees Fahrenheit. (DOE3)
By the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
a volatile, flammable liquid hydrocarbon distilled from petroleum and used as a solvent or fuel.
Naphtha Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
A generic term applied to a petroleum fraction with an approximate boiling range between 122 degrees Fahrenheit and 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
Source: Energy Information Administration, 2006
A range of distillates lighter than kerosine. used as feedstock for motor gasoline production and the chemical industry (e.g. ethylene manufacture).
Naphtha Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Naphtha ( or ) normally refers to a number of flammable liquid mixtures of hydrocarbons, i.e., a component of natural gas condensate or a distillation product from petroleum, coal tar or peat boiling in a certain range and containing certain hydrocarbons. It is a broad term covering among the lightest and most volatile fractions of the liquid hydrocarbons in petroleum. Naphtha is a colorless to reddish-brown volatile aromatic liquid, very similar to gasoline.
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Naphtha Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
A petroleum distillate that was used in early internal combustion engines.
Naphtha Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
A generic term applied to a petroleum fraction with an approximate boiling range between 122 and 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
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