noun
Meaning 1
The heating of a material, such as coal or wood, in an inert atmosphere, at a high temperature such as to cause decomposition; the principal products include oils and tars from which many useful organic compounds may be obtained; town gas and coke were obtained in this way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, physical, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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