Benzine

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Benzine \Ben"zine\, n. [From {Benzoin}.] (Chem.)
     1. A liquid consisting mainly of the lighter and more
        volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used
        as a solvent and for cleansing soiled fabrics; -- called
        also {petroleum spirit}, {petroleum benzine}. Varieties or
        similar products are gasoline, naphtha, rhigolene,


        ligroin, etc.
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     2. Same as {Benzene}. [R.]
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     Note: The hydrocarbons of benzine proper are essentially of
           the marsh gas (paraffin) series, while benzene proper
           is the typical hydrocarbon of the aromatic series.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  benzine
       n : a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly inflammable;
           carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds
           [syn: {benzene}, {benzol}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "benzine":
     alcohol, briquette, burnable, butane, carbon, charcoal, coal,
     coal oil, coke, combustible, dope, electricity, ethane, ethanol,
     fireball, firing, flammable, flammable material, fuel,
     fuel additive, fuel dope, gas, gas carbon, gasoline, heptane,
     hexane, illuminant, illuminating gas, inflammable,
     inflammable material, isooctane, jet fuel, kerosene, light source,
     luminant, methane, methanol, natural gas, octane, oil, paraffin,
     peat, pentane, petrol, petroleum, propane, propellant, rocket fuel,
     turf