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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
naphtha \naph"tha\ na^f"th.a or na^p"th.a, n. l.
naphtha, gr. na`fqa, 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.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
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. --watts.
1913 webster
naphtha vitrioli nl., naphtha of vitriol old chem.,
common ethyl ether; -- formerly called sulphuric ether.
see ether.
1913 webster
see also:
crude petroleum mineral oil rock oil naphtha vitrioli sulphuric ether ether
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
naphtha
n : any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon
mixtures; used chiefly as solvents
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