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Definition: Bituminous Coal |
Bituminous CoalNoun1. Rich in tarry hydrocarbons; burns readily with a smoky yellow flame. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Energy | Soft coal containing large amounts of carbon. It has aluminous flame and produces a great deal of smoke. (references) |
Mining | A. Coal that ranks between subbituminous coal and anthracite and that contains more than 14% volatile matter (on a dry, ash-free basis) and has a calorific value of more than 11,500 Btu/lb (26.7 MJ/kg) (moist, mineral-matter-free) or more than 10,500 Btu/lb (24.4 MJ/kg) if agglomerating (ASTM). It is dark brown to black in color and burns with a smoky flame. Bituminous coal is the most abundant rank of coal; much is Carboniferous in age. CF:medium-volatile bituminous coal; low volatile bituminous coal. Syn:soft coal b. A coal that is high in carbonaceous matter, having between 15% and 50% volatile matter. Soft coal c. A general term descriptive of coal other than anthracite and low-volatile coal on the one hand and lignite on the other d. A coal with a relatively high proportion of gaseous constituents; dark brown to black in color and burns with a smoky luminous flame. The coke yield ranges from 50% to 90%. The term does not imply that bitumen ormineral pitch is present. See also:coking coal. (references) |
Weather | A dense, black, soft coal, often with well-defined bands of bright and dull material. The most common coal, with moisture content usually less than 20 percent. Used for generating electricity, making coke, and space heating. See coal. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Bituminous coal is mined in the Appalachian region, primarily to be burned at electricity production plants. Mining is done via both surface and underground mines. While coal mining is an important part of Appalachia's economy, many miners are afflicted with black lung disease.
The last words uttered by William Barton Rogers, the founder of MIT, were "bituminous coal".
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Synonym: Bituminous CoalSynonym: soft coal (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Fuel | Coal, wallsend, anthracite, culm, coke, carbon, charcoal, bituminous coal, tar shale; turf, peat, firewood, bobbing, faggot, log; cinder. (products of combustion); ingle, tinder, touchwood; sulphur, brimstone; incense; port-fire; fire-barrel, fireball, brand; amadou, bavin; blind coal, glance coal; German tinder, pyrotechnic sponge, punk, smudge; solid fueled rocket. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bituminous Coal |
| English words defined with "bituminous coal": brown coal ♦ cannel coal, Coal gas, coal tar ♦ Gas coal ♦ hard coal ♦ lignite ♦ Pitch coal ♦ sea coal, Sea-coal facing, soft coal, Surturbrand ♦ wood coal. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bituminous coal": high volatile A bituminous coal, high volatile B bituminous coal, high volatile C bituminous coal ♦ low volatile bituminous coal ♦ medium-volatile bituminous coal ♦ other bituminous coal and anthracite. (references) |
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Expression using "bituminous coal": other bituminous coal and anthracite. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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bituminous coal | 7 |
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| Language | Translations for "bituminous coal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | bituminøs kul (soft coal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bitumineuze ( steen ) kool (soft coal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | muu bituminen kivihiili ja antrasiitti (other bituminous coal and anthracite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | charbon bitumineux. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | backende Kohle (soft coal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βιτoυμέvια 3)πισσoύχoς άvθρακας (soft coal), ασφαλτούχος άνθρακας (soft coal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | zsírosszén, hosszúlángú szén, bitumenes szén (fat coal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | carbone bituminoso (soft coal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | '炭 , 瀝'炭 , 歴'炭 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "くた" (blackwood, ebony), れきせいた". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ituminousbay oalcay carvão bituminoso (soft coal). (various references) hulla bituminosa (soft coal), hulla (coal, hard coal). (various references) bituminösa kol (soft coal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-i-i-l-m-n-o-o-s-t-u-u" | |
-3 letters: bilocations, cumulations, mislocation, sublimation, unambitious, unmalicious. | |
-4 letters: abolitions, absolution, albuminous, bilocation, bituminous, botulinums, calumnious, coalitions, combustion, cumulation, incautious, osculation, simulation. | |
-5 letters: ablutions, abolition, abutilons, aconitums, actiniums, albinotic, aluminous, ambitions, ambitious, autonomic, binomials, bionomics, biosocial, boltonias, botulinum, botulinus, coalition, cobaltous, coitional, columnist, cosmonaut, inoculums, isolation, libations, lobations, locations, locutions, malicious, monobasic, oblations, olibanums, onomastic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 69 74 75 6D 69 6E 6F 75 73 43 6F 61 6C |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101001 01110100 01110101 01101101 01101001 01101110 01101111 01110101 01110011 00100000 01000011 01101111 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B i t u m i n o u s   C o a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0069 0074 0075 006D 0069 006E 006F 0075 0073 0043 006F 0061 006C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36758687797580818785237816778 |
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