lighter fluid

lighter fluid
a combustible fluid used in cigarette, cigar, and pipe lighters.
[1950-55]

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Lighter fluid — may refer to:* Butane, a highly flammable, colorless, easily liquefied gas used in cigarette lighters * Naphtha, a volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture used in wick type lighters * Charcoal lighter fluid, an aliphatic petroleum solvent… …   Wikipedia

  • lighter fluid — noun fuel in fluid form used in a cigarette lighter …   Wiktionary

  • lighter fluid — a combustible fluid used in cigarette, cigar, and pipe lighters. [1950 55] …   Useful english dictionary

  • Charcoal lighter fluid — For other uses, see Charcoal (disambiguation). Charcoal lighter fluid is a volatile mixture of petroleum distillates, like butane, sold to accelerate the ignition of charcoal in a barbecue grill. It can be used both with lump charcoal and… …   Wikipedia

  • Fluid bearing — Fluid bearings are bearings which solely support the bearing s loads on a thin layer of liquid or gas.They can be broadly classified as fluid dynamic bearings, hydrostatic or gas bearings. They are frequently used in high load, high speed or high …   Wikipedia

  • Lighter — For other uses, see Lighter (disambiguation). A generic, disposable lighter …   Wikipedia

  • fluid — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ excess ▪ amniotic, bodily, body, intravenous ▪ brake, cleaning, correction …   Collocations dictionary

  • fluid catalytic cracking — abbr. FCC A process for converting high boiling gas oils to lighter liquids, primarily gasoline range naphtha and diesel range gas oils. The most widely practiced refinery conversion process. A schematic flow diagram of a Fluid Catalytic Cracking …   Petroleum refining glossary

  • Fluid catalytic cracking —   The refining process of breaking down the larger, heavier, and more complex hydrocarbon molecules into simpler and lighter molecules. Catalytic cracking is accomplished by the use of a catalytic agent and is an effective process for increasing… …   Energy terms

  • Fluid coking —   A thermal cracking process utilizing the fluidized solids technique to remove carbon (coke) for continuous conversion of heavy, low grade oils into lighter products.   U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary …   Energy terms

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”