"visbreaker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: visbreakers [plural]
Etymology: From viscosity breaker. Etymology templates: {{m|en|viscosity breaker}} viscosity breaker Head templates: {{en-noun}} visbreaker (plural visbreakers)
  1. A processing unit in oil refinery that reduces the quantity of residual oil produced in the distillation of crude oil to increase the yield of more valuable middle distillates (heating oil and diesel) by thermally cracking large hydrocarbon molecules in the oil. Wikipedia link: visbreaker Related terms: visbreaking
    Sense id: en-visbreaker-en-noun-mu9ZBdvh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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