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HYDROCRACKING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process whereby hydrocarbon molecules of petroleum are broken down into kerosene and gasolene by the addition of hydrogen under high pressure in the presence of a catalyst
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("hydrocracking" is a kind of...):
cracking (the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process))
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb hydrocrack
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