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nounthe process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
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- development act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
- cracking the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process)
- molasses thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining
- metallurgist an engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals
- re a rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum
- rhenium a rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum
- atomic number 75 a rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum
- metallurgical engineer an engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals