paraffinic

[par-uh-fin-ik]

adjective

1. of, noting, or characteristic of paraffin wax or a paraffin hydrocarbon.

Word History and Origins

Origin of paraffinic¹

First recorded in 1890–95; paraffin + -ic

Example Sentences

The samples were collected from exhausts of a heavy-duty-engine vehicle run on paraffinic renewable diesel and on regular fossil diesel.

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It is actually chemically the same fuel as that which is made from plants—synthetic paraffinic kerosene.

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