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Paraffin
Meaning
Noun
●
In British English & Petroleum:
A petroleum-based
thin
and
colourless
fuel
oil.
●
In Chemistry:
Any
member
of the
alkane
hydrocarbons.
●
paraffin wax.
Verb
●
To
impregnate
or
treat
with paraffin.
●
To
embed
in
paraffin
wax.
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Origin
paraffin
English
paraffinum
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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