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Definition of Fossil fuel

1. Noun. Fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content.

Definition of Fossil fuel

1. Noun. any fuel derived from hydrocarbon deposits such as coal, petroleum, natural gas and, to some extent, peat; these fuels are irreplaceable, and their burning generates the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide ¹

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Medical Definition of Fossil fuel

1. Solid, liquid, or gaseous fuels formed in the ground after millions of years by chemical and physical changes in plant and animal residues under high temperature and pressure. Oil, natural gas, and coal are fossil fuels. (05 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fossil Fuel

Literary usage of Fossil fuel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Strategic Value of Fossil Fuels: Challenges and Responses : Conference by International Energy Agency (1996)
"fossil fuel infrastructure deployment is a key element to achieve the goals of energy ... Prerequisites to a cost- effective fossil fuel infrastructure ..."

2. Hydrogen & Fuel Cells: Review of National R&D Programs by International Energy Agency (2004)
"Reforming for producing hydrogen from high hydrogen-content, coal-derived liquid fuels. o Other fossil fuel sources • In Spain, INTA, ..."

3. Notes on North America, Agricultural, Economical, and Social by James Finlay Weir Johnston (1851)
"Relation of the supply of fossil fuel to the possible population of a ... Importance of early determining the extent and position of available fossil fuel. ..."

4. Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts by Massachusetts Geological Survey, Edward Hitchcock (1841)
"fossil fuel. Next in importance to the means of improving our soils, I have regarded the discovery of fossil fuel; that is, fuel dug out of the earth, ..."

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