Definition of Petrolic

1. derived from petroleum [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Petrolic

petroleomics
petroleum
petroleum coke
petroleum ether
petroleum future
petroleum geologist
petroleum geology
petroleum jellies
petroleum jelly
petroleum refinery
petroleum spirit
petroleum spirits
petroleums
petrolhead
petrolheads
petrolic (current term)
petroliferous
petroline
petrolism
petrolist
petrolists
petrolled
petrologic
petrological
petrologically
petrologies
petrologist
petrologists
petrology
petrols

Literary usage of Petrolic

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

1. Waterproofing Engineering for Engineers, Architects, Builders, Roofers and by Joseph Ross (1919)
"A reasonably good asphalt will be greater than 66 per cent soluble in petrolic ether of 88 deg. Baume. This determination is made in the same general manner ..."

2. Waterproofing Engineering for Engineers, Architects, Builders, Roofers and by Joseph Ross (1919)
"A reasonably good asphalt will be greater than 66 per cent soluble in petrolic ether of 88 deg. Baume. This determination is made in the same general manner ..."

3. The Analysis of Paints and Painting Materials by Henry Alfred Gardner, John Ahlum Schaeffer (1910)
"contained in the shellac, providing sufficient petrolic ether was used to dissolve it, and traces of shellac or of some constituent of shellac. ..."

4. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1908)
"The amount of rosin recovered from the petrolic ether solution is determined by ... The amount of shellac dissolved by the petrolic ether is less than i%. ..."

5. Bulletin of the American Institute of Mining Engineers by American Institute of Mining Engineers (1913)
"On finishing the determinations, the specific gravities of the Ellison gauge oil and the petrolic ether were determined, and each reading on the gauge ..."

6. Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the American Laryngological Association by American Laryngological Association (1899)
"Continually the same amounts of sulphuric ether, of chloroform, and of petrolic ether are evacuated during expiration as had been absorbed during ..."

7. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1914)
"On finishing the determinations, the specific gravities of the Ellison gauge oil and the petrolic ether were determined, and each reading on the gauge ..."

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