HYDROCRACKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrocracking mean? 

• HYDROCRACKING (noun)
  The noun HYDROCRACKING has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: HYDROCRACKING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDROCRACKING (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))