paraffin.
(Of thelat. )parum aff? nis, which has little affinity; (referred to its chemical stability and low affinity with water, which is not mixed).
1. f. Quím. Each of the substances solid, Opal, odourless, less dense than water and readily fusible, composed by a mixture of hydrocarbons obtained as a by-product of the distillation of petroleum. They have many industrial applications.
