Soot

  • 21soot — noun a black powdery or flaky substance consisting largely of amorphous carbon, produced by the incomplete burning of organic matter. verb cover or clog with soot. Origin OE sōt, of Gmc origin …

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  • 22soot — noun (U) black powder that is produced when something is burnt: There was a lot of soot up the chimney. sooty adjective …

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  • 23soot — [[t]sʊt, sut[/t]] n. 1) chem. a black carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles that adhere to and blacken surfaces on contact 2) to mark, cover, or treat with soot • Etymology …

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  • 24soot — paišai statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Buitiniai suodžiai. atitikmenys: angl. smut; soot rus. копоть …

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  • 25soot — suodžiai statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Nesudegusio kuro juodos dalelės, kurios susidaro, kai kuro degimo zonoje trūksta deguonies arba kuras sudega nevisiškai. Sudėtis: 95–99 % anglies, 0,2–0,5 % vandenilio, šiek tiek… …

    Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 26soot — suodžiai statusas T sritis Energetika apibrėžtis Nesudegusio kuro juodos dalelės, kurios susidaro, kai kuro degimo zonoje trūksta deguonies arba kuras sudega nevisiškai. Suodžius sudaro sudėtingi anglies atomai, aromatiniai ir kitokie… …

    Aiškinamasis šiluminės ir branduolinės technikos terminų žodynas

  • 27soot — [OE] Soot is etymologically that which ‘sits’ on something – that is, a film which settles on a surface. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic *sōtam, which was descended from the Indo European base *sōd , *sed ‘sit’ (source also of English… …

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  • 28soot — n. & v. n. a black carbonaceous substance rising in fine flakes in the smoke of wood, coal, oil, etc., and deposited on the sides of a chimney etc. v.tr. cover with soot. Etymology: OE sot f. Gmc …

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  • 29soot´i|ness — soot|y «SUT ee, SOO tee», adjective, soot|i|er, soot|i|est, verb, soot|ied, soot|y| …

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  • 30Soot (disambiguation) — Soot is the black, impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of a hydrocarbon.Soot may also refer to:* Engebret Soot (1786 1859), Norwegian engineer * Soot (computer science), a language manipulation and optimization… …

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