Definition of Bitumin
Bitumen, an inflammable mineral substance, presumably of vegetable
origin, called Naphtha when liquid and light-coloured, Petroleum when
less fluid and darker, Maltha when viscid, and Asphalt when solid.
- Wikipedia
Bi*tu"men (&?;), n. [L. bitumen: cf.
F. bitume. Cf. Béton.] 1. Mineral
pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew's pitch.
It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores
of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of
pavements, etc. See Asphalt.
2. By extension, any one of the natural
hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt,
the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petroleums, and even the
light, volatile naphthas.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew's pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc. See asphalt.
- By extension, any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petroleums, and even the light, volatile naphthas.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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