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sootings

sootings is the plural of sooting.

Meaning of sooting

Noun

sooting (countable and uncountable, plural sootings)

  1. The act of covering or dressing with soot.
    • However, for some catalysts an accelerated aging was used which involved eight consecutive sootings at an inlet temperature of 370°C for three hours each followed by a regeneration during which the inlet temperature was increased to 650°C for 15 minutes.1987, A. Crucq, A. Frennet, Catalysis and Automotive Pollution Control, page 459

Questions about sootings

What is sootings the plural of?
Sootings is the plural of sooting.

Words near sootings in the dictionary

  1. sootiest
  2. sootily
  3. sootiness
  4. sootinesses
  5. sooting
  6. sootings
  7. sootish
  8. sootless
  9. sootlessness
  10. sootlike
  11. sootproof

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