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petrochemical

petrochemical noun: any chemical derived from petroleum.

Noun

petrochemical (plural petrochemicals)

  1. Any chemical derived from petroleum.
    • Another is a Bloomberg project we're participating in that looks beyond petrochemicals.2023 September 19, Yessenia Funes, “The Father of Environmental Justice Exposes the Geography of Inequity”, in Scientific American
  2. Any chemical derived from any of the fossil fuels: petroleum, natural gas, or coal.
    • As the prices of petroleum, natural gas, and coal fluctuate over the years, the petrochemical industry can to some extent switch feedstocks.

Adjective

petrochemical (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the such compounds, or the industry that produces them.
    • In 2006, about 6 percent of the world's crude oil production was used in non-energy applications, primarily as a petrochemical feedstock.2009, M.S.Vassiliou, Historical Dictionary of the Petroleum Industry, page 5

petrochemical meaning in Tamil

petrochemical in Tamil

பெட்ரோலிய வேதிமம்

Examples of petrochemical in a sentence

  • Bio-materials may be substituted for petrochemical feedstocks as petroleum prices rise.
  • A fire broke out at Kaohsiung’s Linyuan petrochemical plant on Saturday (March 16), per CNA.
  • No, it's not petrochemical, but neither is it coffee — rather, it's music.

All 10 example sentences with petrochemical

Forms of petrochemical

pluralpetrochemicals

Plural of petrochemical: petrochemicals

Origin of petrochemical

From petro- + chemical.

Words formed from petrochemical

Questions about petrochemical

What does petrochemical mean?
Petrochemical means any chemical derived from petroleum.
What is petrochemical in Tamil?
Petrochemical in Tamil is பெட்ரோலிய வேதிமம். See Petrochemical meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is petrochemical?
Petrochemical can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of petrochemical?
The plural of petrochemical is petrochemicals.

Words near petrochemical in the dictionary

  1. petrocapitalism
  2. petrocarbon
  3. Petrocelli
  4. Petrocellis
  5. petrochem
  6. petrochemical
  7. petrochemically
  8. petrochemicals
  9. petrochemist
  10. petrochemistry
  11. petrochemists

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