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English-Russian perfumery & beauty care dictionary. 2014.
English-Russian perfumery & beauty care dictionary. 2014.
Wax (disambiguation) — Wax is a chemical compound.Wax may also refer to:* Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees , an avant garde digital film released in 1991 *Wax (programming library), a programming library for writing a GUI for Python applications… … Wikipedia
wax — wax1 waxable, adj. waxlike, adj. /waks/, n. 1. Also called beeswax. a solid, yellowish, nonglycerine substance allied to fats and oils, secreted by bees, plastic when warm and melting at about 145°F, variously employed in making candles, models,… … Universalium
wax — 1. A thick, tenacious substance, plastic at room temperature, secreted by bees for building the cells of their honeycomb. SYN: beeswax, cera. 2. Any substance with physical properties similar to those of beeswax, of animal, vegetable … Medical dictionary
compound resorcinol ointment — [USP] a preparation of resorcinol, zinc oxide, bismuth subnitrate, juniper tar, yellow wax, petrolatum, anhydrous lanolin, and glycerin, used as a topical antifungal and keratolytic … Medical dictionary
Ski wax — is a material applied to the bottom of skis or snowboards to help them perform better on snow. Types of ski wax In general, ski wax can be broken down into two categories: grip and glide. Glide wax Glide wax describes a range of waxes which can… … Wikipedia
paraffin wax — paraffin in its solid state. [1870 75] * * * ▪ chemical compound colourless or white, somewhat translucent, hard wax consisting of a mixture of solid straight chain hydrocarbons ranging in melting point from about 48° to 66° C (120° to 150° … Universalium
petroleum wax — ▪ chemical compound any wax obtained from petroleum, including paraffin wax, microcrystalline wax, and petroleum jelly (qq.v.). By comparison, animal and vegetable waxes are generally higher in cost, of varying chemical constitution, and of … Universalium
Sealing wax — Seal ing wax A compound of the resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as a material for seals, as for letters, documents, etc. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
microcrystalline wax — ▪ chemical compound any petroleum derived plastic material that differs from paraffin waxes (paraffin wax) in having much finer and less distinct crystals and higher melting point and viscosity. Microcrystalline waxes are used chiefly in… … Universalium
Edison Records — was the first record label, pioneering recorded sound and an important player in the early record industry. Early phonographs before commercial mass produced records Thomas A. Edison invented the phonograph, the first device for recording and… … Wikipedia
chemoreception — chemoreceptive /kee moh ri sep tiv, kem oh /, adj. /kee moh ri sep sheuhn, kem oh /, n. the physiological response to chemical stimuli. [1915 20; CHEMO + RECEPTION] * * * Sensory process by which organisms respond to external chemical stimuli, by … Universalium