1) Petroleum product
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Cosmoline is the genericized trademark for a generic class of rust preventives, typically conforming to United States Military Standard MIL-C-11796C Class 3, that are a brown colored wax-like mass; have a slight fluorescence; and have a petroleum-like odor and taste (as detected when working with it). Chemically, cosmoline is a homogeneous mixture...
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• (n.) A substance obtained from the residues of the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as vaseline, but of somewhat stiffer consistency, and consisting of a mixture of the higher paraffines; a kind of petroleum jelly.
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Cos'mo·line noun [ Prob. from
cosmetic + Latin
ole um oil.]
(Chemistry) A substance obtained from the residues of the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as
vaseline , but of somewhat stiffer consistency, and consisting of a mixture of the higher paraffines; a ki...
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