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  • noun The volatile part of a petroleum fraction
  • noun The volatile parts of a planet's atmosphere or crust

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Examples

  • Once the curry bubbles, add the pineapple pieces and cover and simmer for just 2 mins more and cover to let the volatiles from the spices flavor the gravy.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Anjali 2009

  • Once the curry bubbles, add the pineapple pieces and cover and simmer for just 2 mins more and cover to let the volatiles from the spices flavor the gravy.

    Haryali Aur Malai Kofta Anjali 2009

  • However, it appears that the moons of Mars may be captured asteroids and could be abundant in volatiles.

    Back to the Moon We Go - NASA Watch 2009

  • Pumice is a type of extrusive volcanic rock, produced when lava with a very high content of water and gases (together these are called volatiles) is extruded (or thrown out of) a volcano.

    Pumice 2008

  • Both are abundant throughout the solar system, but both are also known as volatiles, which can exist only in certain conditions.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • So they freeze out and accumulate so-called volatiles - compounds that in a vacuum flash from ice to gas with only a tiny increase in temperature.

    Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories 2009

  • So they freeze out and accumulate so-called volatiles - compounds that in a vacuum flash from ice to gas with only a tiny increase in temperature.

    Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories 2009

  • Susan, those smells were the result of 'volatiles' off-gassing and the nanny state police have decided that they're *BAD* for you.

    I get pissed off at TNR. Ann Althouse 2007

  • These 'volatiles' are aromatic (strong smelling), and rapidly evaporate when warm.

    TreeHugger 2010

  • "volatiles" to the Earth-moon system - evidence that Earth's geological processes have largely erased from its own surface.

    Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories 2009

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