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Definition of Cymogene
1. n. A highly volatile liquid, condensed by cold and pressure from the first products of the distillation of petroleum; -- used for producing low temperatures.
Definition of Cymogene
1. Noun. (chemistry) A highly volatile liquid, condensed by cold and pressure from the first products of the distillation of petroleum; used for producing low temperatures. ¹
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Definition of Cymogene
1. a volatile compound [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cymogene
Literary usage of Cymogene
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook on Petroleum for Inspectors Under the Petroleum Acts and for Those by J. H. Thomson, Boverton Redwood (1906)
"cymogene boils at 32° F., and can, therefore, only be preserved in a liquid state
in a freezing mixture or under pressure, ..."
2. Petroleum: A Treatise on the Geographical Distribution and Geological by Sir Boverton Redwood (1896)
"... may thus be divided into four products, known as gasoline, and C, B, and A
naphthas, but gasoline is itself sometimes further subdivided into cymogene, ..."
3. A Handbook of the Petroleum Industry by David Talbot Day (1922)
"such as cymogene,1 ... One hundred cubic centimeters of the gasoline shall cause
no 1 cymogene, the lightest commercial product obtained from petroleum, ..."
4. The Gas, Petrol, and Oil Engine by Dugald Clerk, George Arthur Burls (1913)
"All these products are extremely volatile, cymogene boiling at 32° F., ...
The substance cymogene, for example, could only be retained in the liquid state ..."
5. Cyclopedia of Fire Prevention and Insurance: A General Reference Work on (1912)
"Some of the principal products obtained by distillation and refining are: cymogene;
petroleum ether; gasoline; benzine; naphtha; kerosene or burning oil; ..."
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