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capnomor

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A colourless oil with a peculiar odour, obtained from beech tar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

Examples

  • 1868-1881, Henry Watts, A Dictionary of Chemistry To this class of products belong the two empyreumatic oils which Faraday obtained from fat ; also eupione , creosote , picamar , and capnomor

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from capno- + Ancient Greek μοῖρα (moîra, “part”), or some other derivative of μείρομαι (meíromai).