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Petroleum Derivative Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is PARAFFIN which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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noun

• from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings

• a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)

• (British usage) kerosine

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44%15 The derivative of a product is the first function times the derivative of the second plus the second function times the derivative of the first
noun

• the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx

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New York Times08 Oct 1984 Across 28
New York Times22 Nov 1981 Down 61
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