coking
coking is the present participle and gerund of coke.
Meaning of coke
Verb
coke (third-person singular simple present cokes, present participle coking, simple past and past participle coked)
- To produce coke from coal.
- To turn into coke.
- To add deleterious carbon deposits as a byproduct of combustion.
- In kerolox engines, some of the fuel flow cokes in the engine's cooling passages over time, requiring thorough cleaning prior to reuse.
Noun
coking (countable and uncountable, plural cokings)
- The manufacture of coke via the destructive distillation of coal
- […] experiments in the Zhilevo Experimental-Industrial Enrichment Factory where semi-industrial cokings were carried out in an electric furnace with a 200-kg charge.1989, Solid Fuel Chemistry, volume 23, page 103
Forms of coking
| plural | cokings |
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Words formed from coking
Questions about coking
- What does coking mean?
- Coking means the manufacture of coke via the destructive distillation of coal.
- What is coking the present participle and gerund of?
- Coking is the present participle and gerund of coke.
- What part of speech is coking?
- Coking is a noun.
- What is the plural of coking?
- The plural of coking is cokings.
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