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Definition: EUPIONE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A limpid, oily liquid obtained by the destructive distillation of various vegetable and animal substances; -- specifically, an oil consisting largely of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Eupione" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Eupione \Eu"pi*one\, noun. [Greek expression very fat; well fat.]. (references)


Extended Definition: EUPIONE

Eupione

Eupione, or eupion, is a hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, probably a pentane, C5H12, discovered by Carl Reichenbach in wood tar. It is also formed in the destructive distillation of many substances, as wood, coal, caoutchouc, bones, resin and the fixed oils. It is a colorless, highly volatile and inflammable liquid, having at 20° C a specific gravity of 0.65.

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  • This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.


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