Condensable
61condensible — condensibility, n. /keuhn den seuh beuhl/, adj. condensable. * * * …
62diphosgene — /duy fos jeen/, n. Chem. a colorless liquid, C2Cl4O2, usually derived from methyl formate or methyl chloroformate by chlorination: a World War I poison gas now used chiefly in organic synthesis. Also called trichloromethyl chloroformate. [1920… …
63Jupiter — /jooh pi teuhr/, n. 1. Also called Jove. the supreme deity of the ancient Romans: the god of the heavens and of weather. Cf. Zeus. 2. Astron. the planet fifth in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 88,729 mi. (142,796 km), a mean …
64liquefied petroleum gas — a gas liquefied by compression, consisting of flammable hydrocarbons, as propane and butane, obtained as a by product from the refining of petroleum or from natural gas: used chiefly as a domestic fuel in rural areas, as an industrial and motor… …
65moon — mooner, n. moonless, adj. /moohn/, n. 1. the earth s natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km). 2. this body during a particular lunar month, or during a… …
66Moon — /moohn/, n. Sun Myung /sun myung/, born 1920, Korean religious leader: founder of the Unification Church. * * * Sole natural satellite of Earth, which it orbits from west to east at a mean distance of about 238,900 mi (384,400 km). It is less… …
67Rankine, William J(ohn) M(acquorn) — born July 5, 1820, Edinburgh, Scot. died Dec. 24, 1872, Glasgow Scottish engineer and physicist, one of the founders of thermodynamics. His classic Manual of the Steam Engine and Other Prime Movers (1859) was the first attempt at a systematic… …
68amorphous solid — ▪ physics Introduction any noncrystalline solid in which the atoms and molecules are not organized in a definite lattice pattern. Such solids include glass, plastic, and gel. Solids and liquids (liquid) are both forms of condensed… …
69dry gas — ▪ petroleum product natural gas that is always in the gaseous state in the reservoir and produces little condensable hydrocarbons (compounds composed mainly of hydrogen and carbon) when brought to the surface. Thus, these gases contain… …
70Rankine, William John Macquorn — ▪ Scottish engineer born July 5, 1820, Edinburgh, Scot. died Dec. 24, 1872, Glasgow Scottish engineer and physicist and one of the founders of the science of thermodynamics, particularly in reference to steam engine theory. Trained as …
