petroliferous
English
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Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs
Adjective
[edit]petroliferous (comparative more petroliferous, superlative most petroliferous)
- (geology, petrology, of a rock or geologic formation) Containing or yielding petroleum.
- 1922, Intermountain Industry and Engineering: Official Publication: Utah Motor Transport Ass'n, volume 24:
- Oil-shales are often the last relics of a former impregnation with petroleum; they are associated with phenomena—such as the intrusive asphaltites or manjacks—common to petroliferous regions, but in many cases the parent oilfields, the sources of the former impregnation, are things of the past.
Translations
[edit]containing or yielding petroleum
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃ed- (smell)
- English terms suffixed with -ferous
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer-
- English terms interfixed with -i-
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