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Webster 1913 Edition

Paradoxy

Par′a-doxˊy

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Noun.

1.

A paradoxical statement; a paradox.

2.

The quality or state of being paradoxical.

Coleridge

☞ In the present chemical usage this word is spelled paraffin, but in commerce it is commonly spelled paraffine.

Native paraffin

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Paraffin series

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Methane series

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