What is a petroleum?

What is a petroleum? Here are some definitions.

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  1. A flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface.
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A popular solvent is mineral spirits, a petroleum distillate composed of aliphatic hydrocarbons.
They had developed and patented a form of fuel that uses emulsions of water and petroleum as replacements for traditional fuels.
While kerosene was more plentiful than gasoline, it was also a distillate from petroleum and presented the same problem of finite supply.
Mineral spirits, a petroleum distillate fraction, is the most common solvent in oil-based paints.
Be careful of the orange cleaner you buy, many contain petroleum distillates that dry certain fabrics and material.
In the second embodiment the enzyme stabilizing system preferably includes a petroleum distillate.

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