naphtha

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He mentions expressly currum Simonis Magi et quadrigas igneas_, the chariot of Simon Magus and his vehicles of flame_--clearly the naphtha is alluded to--which vanished into air at the word of the Apostle Peter.

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  1. noun Any of several highly volatile, flammable liquid mixtures of hydrocarbons distilled from petroleum, coal tar, and natural gas and used as fuel, as solvents, and in making various chemicals.
  2. noun Obsolete Petroleum.

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  • At the same time the raw material prices, basically naphtha is one of the major raw materials for Arvind, have come down. —  Moneycontrol Top Headlines
  • The gasoline / naphtha (regrade) spread has narrowed to +30 / mt versus a high of +120 / mt last year. —  pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator
  • "If there is a serious interruption to natural gas flows, this could provide support to oil markets through the substitution impact on fuel oil, naphtha, and gasoil," said Olivier Jakob, managing director of Swiss consultancy Petromatrix. —  CattleNetwork
  • Sector analysts say that at the current price of naphtha, which is about $10 per million British thermal unit (mBtu) KG-D6 gas would be available at $6 (mBtu) - resulting in direct savings of $4 mBtu.
  • The refinery will produce propylene, unleaded gasoline, naphtha, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), aviation turbine fuel, kerosene, gas-oil, bunker fuel and other hydrocarbon derivatives. —  AME Info Latest News
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  1. Latin, from Greek, liquid bitumen, of Semitic origin; see npṭ in Semitic roots.

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  1. Formerly also naptha, naphta; = French naphte = Spanish Italian nafta = Portuguese naphta, from Latin naphtha, from Greek νάφθα, also νάφθας, a kind of asphalt or bitumen (see def.).
 

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