Paraffin

(noun.) (British usage) kerosine.

(noun.) from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings.

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• If a strip of glass, rubber, mica, or paraffin is introduced anywhere in a circuit, the current ceases. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• I also invented devices for and introduced paraffin paper, now used universally for wrapping up candy, etc. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Later, pure white paraffin wax, variously flavored, took its place, but only in its turn to give way to the chicle now almost exclusively employed. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The candles which decorate our tea tables are of wax, while those which serve for general use are of paraffin and tallow. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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