Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of reform
plural reformings
- chemistryA catalytic process, whereby short-chain molecules are combined to make larger ones; used in the petrochemical industry.
In the course of the present Five Year Plan period (1966-1970) it is planned to complete nine big units for primary processing and 15 catalytic reformings.
1969, Petroleum Times, volume 73, page 1051
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