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Definition of Cosmoline
1. n. A substance obtained from the residues of the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as vaseline, but of somewhat stiffer consistency, and consisting of a mixture of the higher paraffines; a kind of petroleum jelly.
Definition of Cosmoline
1. Noun. (chemistry) A substance obtained from the residues of the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as vaseline, but of somewhat stiffer consistency, and consisting of a mixture of the higher paraffins. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cosmoline
1. [v -LINED, -LINING, -LINES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cosmoline
Literary usage of Cosmoline
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Petroleum: Its History, Origin, Occurrence, Production, Physical and by William Theodore Brannt, Hans Höfer, Alexander Veith (1894)
"Under the microscope, cosmoline, in common with most other fats, is found to
contain numerous small acicular crystals, doubtless consisting of a paraffine ..."
2. Essentials of the Diseases of the Ear: Arranged in the Form of Questions and by Edward Baldwin Gleason (1902)
"Fluid cosmoline ("O.") May be used with the atomizer and applied to the nasal
... and camphors nearly insoluble in water may be dissolved in fluid cosmoline ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1875)
"1 then came to the conclusion that the first paper I wrote was erroneous in making
paraffin the base for a substitute for cosmoline; but by washing the ..."
4. Petroleum: It's History, Origin, Occurence, Production, Physical and by Hans Höfer, Alexander Veith (1894)
"Under the microscope, cosmoline, in common with most other fats, ... cosmoline may
be kept indefinitely without becoming rancid, and this, together with its ..."
5. The Characteristics of the New Remedies by Edwin Moses Hale, F. S. Whitman (1873)
"cosmoline. ANALOGUES :—Urtica urens, Dulcamara, Petroleum, Calendula, ...
[cosmoline is purified and concentrated Petroleum, the substance which remains ..."
6. A Practical Treatise on Friction, Lubrication, Fats and Oils, Including the by Ernst Emil Franz Dieterichs (1916)
"Repeated filtration produces the products well known under the names of "
vaseline," " cosmoline," " petrolatum," and many other fancy names. ..."
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