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hydrocracking

hydrocracking noun: the production of high-octane petroleum fuel and kerosene by hydrogenating large or complex hydrocarbons and then cracking them. Also the present participle and gerund of hydrocrack.

Noun

hydrocracking (usually uncountable, plural hydrocrackings)

  1. (usually) The production of high-octane petroleum fuel and kerosene by hydrogenating large or complex hydrocarbons and then cracking them.

Also used as

hydrocracking is also the present participle and gerund of hydrocrack.

Forms of hydrocracking

pluralhydrocrackings

Origin of hydrocracking

From hydro- + cracking.

Questions about hydrocracking

What does hydrocracking mean?
Hydrocracking means the production of high-octane petroleum fuel and kerosene by hydrogenating large or complex hydrocarbons and then cracking them.
What part of speech is hydrocracking?
Hydrocracking is a noun.
What is the plural of hydrocracking?
The plural of hydrocracking is hydrocrackings.

Words near hydrocracking in the dictionary

  1. hydrocouplings
  2. hydrocrack
  3. hydrocracked
  4. hydrocracker
  5. hydrocrackers
  6. hydrocracking
  7. hydrocrackings
  8. hydrocracks
  9. hydrocultural
  10. hydroculture
  11. hydrocupration

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