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petrocarbon

petrocarbon noun: carbon that originated in petroleum hydrocarbons.

Noun

petrocarbon (uncountable)

  1. Carbon that originated in petroleum hydrocarbons.

Origin of petrocarbon

From petro- + carbon.

Questions about petrocarbon

What does petrocarbon mean?
Petrocarbon means carbon that originated in petroleum hydrocarbons.
What part of speech is petrocarbon?
Petrocarbon is a noun.

Words near petrocarbon in the dictionary

  1. Petrobrusian
  2. Petrobrusianism
  3. Petrobrusians
  4. petrocalcic
  5. petrocapitalism
  6. petrocarbon
  7. Petrocelli
  8. Petrocellis
  9. petrochem
  10. petrochemical
  11. petrochemically

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