refining
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3.8
- noun
- /rɪˈfaɪnɪŋ/
- Specialized
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refinación
- The refining process for crude oil involves removing impurities to create gasoline.
- refining oil
- refining sugar
- petroleum refining
So let's move away from the silicon refining by distillation process entirely.
- So let's move away from the silicon refining by distillation process entirely.
- Save her if she can be saved from the damage that's being done to her body through her work in the refining operation.
Examples
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Refining methods were perfected and approved.
Fiction book (1990) -
But yes, we do have some some shortage of refining capacity and that that does hurt us some.
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But basically in the processing of say rice or wheat, the first step, the refining, removes the bran from the outside.
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Refining operations have also contributed to air pollution as well as surface and subsurface water contamination.
Academic text (2000) -
Refining of blister copper started in Townsville in 1959.
Blog text (15) -
Sugar refining turns raw sugar into a pure, usable product for consumers.
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The refining of metals improves their quality by eliminating unwanted substances.
Synonyms
335
1.0
The act of removing dirt and dust from a place or object
187
3.7
To prepare something by a set of planned steps, like food or documents
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4.1
Getting a substance out of a mix using chemical or physical methods
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3.8
Passing water or air through material to remove solid bits
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4.6
Making something clean by removing unwanted or harmful substances
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3.9
Making something clean by removing dirt
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6.3
Removing unwanted things or substances from something by cleaning
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4.2
Removing unwanted substances from a material to make it pure
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5.9
Heating a liquid to make steam and cooling the steam to get pure liquid
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4.8
The process of removing solid bits from the liquid to make it clear
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3.9
The act of making surfaces or objects clean and free of germs
Removes harmful or unwanted substances to make something clean
Making a liquid purer by boiling and collecting its cleaner parts
To purify a liquid by boiling it and collecting the steam that turns back into liquid
The process of removing harmful substances to make food or water safe
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.2
The industry that turns crude oil into fuels like gasoline, diesel and jet fuel
How Pure
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5.3
- Specialized
- Specialized
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3.8
46
1.0
187
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Refining comes from the verb refine, which is made of re- 'again' and fine 'pure', so it originally meant 'make pure again'. That's why refining is the process of removing unwanted parts to make a material clean and usable.