benzine
[ben-zeen, ben-zeen]
- a colorless, volatile, flammable, liquid mixture of various hydrocarbons, obtained in the distillation of petroleum, and used in cleaning, dyeing, etc.
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Also ben·zin [ben-zin] /ˈbɛn zɪn/.
Origin of benzine
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The stains it may make readily disappear on immersion in kerosene or benzin.
Merck's 1899 ManualMerck & Co.
Benzine (Benzin) is a light-boiling petroleum distillate, lighter than lamp oil, and with a varying boiling-point.
The Preservation of AntiquitiesFriedrich Rathgen
Why, just the smell of benzin on a suit you've had out to the cleaners will give 'em the dream, if you throw your chest out right.
TorchySewell Ford
For this reason the compound was named “benzin” by Mitscherlich, which name was changed into “benzol” by Liebig.
CoalRaphael Meldola
It dissolves in 20 parts of boiling alcohol, in 100 parts of cold alcohol and in twice its weight of benzin.
The Medicinal Plants of the PhilippinesT. H. Pardo de Tavera
benzine
benzin (ˈbɛnzɪn)
- a volatile mixture of the lighter aliphatic hydrocarbon constituents of petroleumSee ligroin, petroleum ether
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Word Origin and History for benzin
benzine
n.
see benzene.
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benzine
(bĕn′zēn′, bĕn-zēn′)- A colorless, flammable, liquid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained in distilling petroleum, used in cleaning and dyeing and as a motor fuel; naphtha.petroleum benzin
- benzene
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