paraffinic

American

[par-uh-fin-ik] / ˌpær əˈfɪn ɪk /

adjective

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

Etymology

Origin of paraffinic

First recorded in 1890–95; paraffin + -ic

Example Sentences

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

From Science Daily

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

From Scientific American

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