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hydrodewaxing

hydrodewaxing noun: a chemical engineering process in which hydrotreating is used to reduce the wax content of hydrocarbons during oil refining.

Noun

hydrodewaxing (uncountable)

  1. A chemical engineering process in which hydrotreating is used to reduce the wax content of hydrocarbons during oil refining

Origin of hydrodewaxing

From hydro- + dewaxing.

Questions about hydrodewaxing

What does hydrodewaxing mean?
Hydrodewaxing means a chemical engineering process in which hydrotreating is used to reduce the wax content of hydrocarbons during oil refining.
What part of speech is hydrodewaxing?
Hydrodewaxing is a noun.

Words near hydrodewaxing in the dictionary

  1. hydrodesulfurized
  2. hydrodesulfurizes
  3. hydrodesulfurizing
  4. hydrodesulphurisation
  5. hydrodesulphurization
  6. hydrodewaxing
  7. hydrodictyon
  8. hydrodictyons
  9. hydrodiffuse
  10. hydrodiffused
  11. hydrodiffusion

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