obtained from petroleum and is used for burning in kerosene lamps and domestic heaters or furnaces, as a fuel or fuel component for jet engines, and as a solvent for greases and insecticides. kerosene. Also spelled: kerosine. Also called: paraffin...
Kerosene is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid widely used as a fuel in industry & households. Widely used to power jet engines of aircraft and some rocket engines and is also commonly used as a cooking and light fuel....
A thin, light-colored oil that is a mixture of hydrocarbons derived from petroleum. The hydrocarbons in kerosene contain between 11 and 12 carbon atoms. Kerosene is used as a fuel in lamps, home heaters and furnaces, and jet engines...