hydrocrack

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verb

To convert hydrocarbons by hydrocracking.

OriginEnglish crack ← Middle English crakken ← Old English cracian →
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Meanings

verbhydrocrack (third-person singular simple present hydrocracks, present participle hydrocracking, simple past and past participle hydrocracked)

present singular third person hydrocracks · participle present hydrocracking · participle past hydrocracked · past hydrocracked

  1. chemistryTo convert hydrocarbons by hydrocracking.

Origin

  1. Englishhydro-
  2. Old Englishcracian
  3. Middle Englishcrakken
  4. Englishcrack
  5. Englishhydrocrack

From hydro- + crack.

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APA

hydrocrack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrocrack

MLA

“hydrocrack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrocrack. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hydrocrack,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrocrack.

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