Meanings
nounhydrocracking (usually uncountable, plural hydrocrackings)
plural hydrocrackings
- uncountableusuallychemistryThe production of high-octane petroleum fuel and kerosene by hydrogenating large or complex hydrocarbons and then cracking them.
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of hydrocrack
Origin
Translations
Finnish vetykrakkaus
- vetykrakkaushydrogenation combined with cracking
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