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Webster 1913 Edition
Cosmoline
Cos′mo-line
(k?z′m?-l?n)
, Noun.
[Prob. fr.
cosmetic
+ L. ole
um oil.] (Chem.)
A substance obtained from the residues of the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as vaseline, but of somewhat stiffer consistency, and consisting of a mixture of the higher paraffines; a kind of petroleum jelly.
Definition 2024
cosmoline
cosmoline
English
Noun
cosmoline (plural cosmolines)
- (chemistry) A substance obtained from the residues of the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as vaseline, but of somewhat stiffer consistency, and consisting of a mixture of the higher paraffins.