different between kerosene vs hydrocracking

English

Alternative forms

• kerosine

Etymology

Ancient Greek ????? (k?rós, “wax”) +? -ene; a name trademarked in 1854.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k???si?n/

Noun

kerosene (countable and uncountable, plural kerosenes)

1. A thin colorless to straw-colored petroleum-based fuel heavier than gasoline/petrol or naptha but lighter than diesel, used primarily as jet fuel but also for heating and lighting in some remote or impoverished areas.

   Synonym: paraffin (UK)

Synonyms

• coal oil
• kero
• lamp oil

Derived terms

• biokerosene
• kerosene-like
• kerosenelike
• kerosenish

Descendants

• ? Assamese: ??????? (kerasin)
• ? Russian: ???????? (kerosín)
  • ? Armenian: ??????? (kerosin)
  • ? Kazakh: ??????? (kerosïn)

Translations

Portuguese

Noun

kerosene m (plural kerosenes)

1. Obsolete spelling of querosene

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke?o?sene/, [ke.?o?se.ne]

Noun

kerosene m (plural kerosenes)

1. kerosene

English

Etymology

hydro- +? cracking

Noun

hydrocracking (usually uncountable, plural hydrocrackings)

1. (organic chemistry) the production of high-octane petroleum fuel and kerosene by hydrogenating large or complex hydrocarbons and then cracking them.

Translations

Verb

hydrocracking

1. present participle of hydrocrack