petrochemical

English

Etymology

From petro- +‎ chemical.

Noun

petrochemical (plural petrochemicals)

1. (petrochemistry) Any compound derived from petroleum or natural gas.

   Synonyms: (abbreviation) petchem, (clipping) petrochem

   • 2023 September 19, Yessenia Funes, “The Father of Environmental Justice Exposes the Geography of Inequity”, in Scientific American‎^[1]:

     Another is a Bloomberg project we're participating in that looks beyond petrochemicals.

Translations

any compound derived from petroleum or natural gas

• Irish: peitriceimiceán m
• Maori: matūkōhinu, matūngahinu
• Swedish: petrokemikalie c

Adjective

petrochemical (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the such compounds, or the industry that produces them.

   Synonyms: (abbreviation) petchem, (clipping) petrochem

   • 2009, M.S.Vassiliou, Historical Dictionary of the Petroleum Industry‎^[2], page 5:

     In 2006, about 6 percent of the world's crude oil production was used in non-energy applications, primarily as a petrochemical feedstock.

Related terms

• petrochemistry

Translations

of or pertaining to the such compounds, or the industry that produces them

• Catalan: petroquímic
• Esperanto: petrolĥemia, petrolkemia
• German: gesteinschemisch
• Irish: peitriceimiceach
• Italian: petrolchimico (it)
• Japanese: 石油化学の (sekiyu-kagaku no)
• Korean: 석유 화학의 (seogyu hwahagui)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: petrokjemisk

  Nynorsk: petrokjemisk

• Portuguese: petroquímico (pt)
• Romanian: petrochimic (ro) m, petrochimică f
• Russian: нефтехими́ческий (ru) (nefteximíčeskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: петроке́мӣјскӣ

  Roman: petrokémījskī (sh)

• Spanish: petroquímico
• Swedish: petrokemisk (sv)

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