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| Domain | Definition |
Mining | A. A term generally used for organic matter in sedimentary rocks that is insoluble in common organic and inorganic solvents. b. The solid, organic substance in shales that yields oil when the shalesundergo destructive distillation. (references) |
Weather | Solid, waxy mixture of rock is heated to high temperatures, the kerogen is vaporized. The vapor is condensed and then sent to a refinery to produce gasoline, heating oil, and other products. See oil shale, shale oil. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Kerogens are the precursors to hydrocarbons (fossil fuels). Labile kerogen breaks down to form heavy hydrocarbons (i.e. oils), refractory kerogen breaks down to form light hydrocarbons (i.e. gases) and inert kerogen forms graphite.
See also: petroleum geology.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Kerogen."
Crosswords: KEROGEN |
| Specialty definitions using "KEROGEN": neokerogen ♦ retigen. (references) |
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| "KEROGEN" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "KEROGEN" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "KEROGEN": kerogen shale. 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
kerogen | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "KEROGEN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | olieførende skifer (kerogen shale, kerogenite, oil shale, petroliferous shale, wax shale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | olieschiste (kerogen shale, kerogenite, oil shale, petroliferous shale, wax shale), olieschalie (kerogen shale, kerogenite, oil shale, petroliferous shale, wax shale), olieklei (kerogen shale, kerogenite, oil shale, petroliferous shale, wax shale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | öljyliuske (kerogen shale, kerogenite, oil shale, petroliferous shale, wax shale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | schiste kérobitumeux (kerogen shale, kerogenite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | erdölhaltiger Schiefer (kerogen shale, kerogenite, oil shale, petroliferous shale, wax shale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πετρελαιο-σχιστόλιθος (kerogen shale, kerogenite, oil shale, petroliferous shale, wax shale), πετρελαιοφόρος σχιστόλιθος (oil shale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | oil-shale (kerogen shale, kerogenite, oil shale, petroliferous shale, wax shale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erogenkay xisto betuminoso (shale-oil). (various references) pizarra petrolífera (kerogen shale, kerogenite, oil shale, petroliferous shale, wax shale), esquisto bituminoso rico en kerobitumen (kerogen shale, kerogenite, oil shale, petroliferous shale, wax shale). (various references) bituminös skiffer (kerogen shale, kerogenite, oil shale, petroliferous shale, stinking schist, wax shale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "KEROGEN": kerogens. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-k-n-o-r" | |
-2 letters: genre, genro, goner, greek, green, kerne, krone. | |
-3 letters: eger, ergo, erne, geek, gene, goer, gone, gore, gree, keen, keno, kern, knee, kore, ogee, ogre, reek. | |
-4 letters: ego, eke, eng, eon, ere, erg, ern, gee, gen, gor, keg, ken, kor, nee, nog, nor, oke, one, ore, ree, reg, roe. | |
-5 letters: en, er, go, ne, no. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-g-k-n-o-r" | |
+1 letter: kerogens. | |
+2 letters: reevoking. | |
+4 letters: greenockite, overdecking. | |
+5 letters: forechecking, forespeaking, foretokening, greenockites. | |
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