Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
hydrocarburet .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word hydrocarburets.
Examples
-
By means of the arrangement above described, there may be manufactured at will a rich gas from liquid hydrocarburets, hydrogen from water, and gas obtained by an admixture of two others simultaneously produced and combined in the apparatus.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 Various
-
The mixture of these two gases with the hydrocarburets furnished by the fuel constitutes water gas.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 Various
-
This gas that is disengaged from the upper part of the fuel consists chiefly of nitrogen and carbonic oxide, mixed with volatile hydrocarburets derived from the fuel used.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 Various
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.