2. Adjective. aliphatic ¹
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Definition of Paraffinic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paraffinic
Literary usage of Paraffinic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1876)
"paraffinic Acid.—When paraffin is treated with fuming nitric acid of 47° B., at
a temperature not exceeding 110° C. (= 230° F.), a product of a buttery ..."
2. Economic Mineralogy: A Practical Guide to the Study of Useful Minerals by Thomas Crook (1921)
"In Oklahoma and Kansas, the oil is obtained from folded sands and shales of
Carboniferous age, and the oil is largely of the paraffinic type, ..."
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