Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or derived from petroleum.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to, resembling, or produced from petrol or petroleum: as, petrolic ether.
- Relating to the management of petrol as used in motor-cars.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
petroleum
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Examples
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The caffein is usually extracted from the beans by benzol or chloroform, but a variety of solvents may be employed, such as petrolic ether, water, alcohol, carbon tetrachloride, ethylene chloride, acetone, ethyl ether, or mixtures or emulsions of these.
All About Coffee 1909
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Last week, the more graceful term "petrolic resource reapportionment" began to appear in prominent Venezuela media, along with "amicable annexation."
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The faint chill that touched Mr. Arbuton at the mention of Eriecreek and its petrolic associations was transient.
A Chance Acquaintance William Dean Howells 1878
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Last week, the more graceful term "petrolic resource reapportionment" began to appear in prominent Venezuela media, along with "amicable annexation."
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