Vaseline
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vaseline — [ vaz(ə)lin ] n. f. • 1877; mot angl. (1872); de vas , all. Wasser « eau », et el , du gr. elaion « huile » ♦ Substance molle, onctueuse et incolore, obtenue à partir des pétroles de la série des paraffines après distillation, cristallisation de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Vaseline — (auch Vaselin oder Petrolatum) ist ein salbenartiges Gemisch aus festen und flüssigen Kohlenwasserstoffen mit einem Schmelzbereich von 38 bis 58 °C. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 … Deutsch Wikipedia
Vaseline — Vaseline. Général Synonymes pétrolatum Gelée de pétrole N … Wikipédia en Français
Vaseline — (Vasenol in Portugal, Brazil, Italy and Spain), is a brand of petroleum jelly based products owned by Anglo Dutch company Unilever. Products include plain petroleum jelly and a selection of skin creams, lotions, cleansers, deodorants and… … Wikipedia
Vaseline — 1872, trademark for an ointment made from petroleum and marketed by Chesebrough Manufacturing Co., coined from Ger. Wasser water + Gk. elaion oil + scientific sounded ending INE (Cf. ine). Robert A. Chesebrough was of the opinion that petroleum… … Etymology dictionary
Vaseline® — /vasˈi lēn/ noun An ointment or lubricant consisting of petroleum jelly transitive verb To apply Vaseline to ORIGIN: Ger Wasser water, and Gr elaion oil … Useful english dictionary
Vaseline — Vas e*line, n. [Said by the manufacturer to be derived from G. wasser water + Gr. e laion olive oil.] A yellowish translucent substance, almost odorless and tasteless, obtained as a residue in the purification of crude petroleum, and consisting… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Vaseline — Vaselīne, (Vaselīn), Kosmoline (Kosmolin), Ozokerin, Fossilīn, Mineralfett, fettähnliche, geruch und farblose oder gelbliche, bei 35° zu einem farblosen Öl schmelzende Substanz, aus Erdölrückständen (Nordamerika), Bergteer (Deutschland) oder… … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
vaseline — ► NOUN trademark ▪ a type of petroleum jelly used as an ointment and lubricant. ORIGIN from German Wasser water + Greek elaion oil … English terms dictionary
Vaseline — ☆ Vaseline [vas΄ə lēn′, vas′ə lēn΄ ] [arbitrary coinage < Ger was(ser),WATER + Gr el(aion),OIL + INE3] trademark for PETROLATUM n. [v ] petrolatum … English World dictionary
