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cracking
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cracking has 3 senses
- cracking(n = noun.event) crack, snap - a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig" is a kind of noise
- cracking(n = noun.act) crack, fracture - the act of cracking something; Array is a kind of break, breakage, breaking
- cracking(n = noun.process) Array - the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process); Array is a kind of chemical action, chemical change, chemical process
Derived form verb crack2
Derived form verb crack4
has particulars: hydrocracking
Derived forms verb crack13, verb crack12
Adjective cracking has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
cracking, n.
- the act of cracking something. [WordNet 1.5]
- the process of making lower molecular weight hydrocarbons from heavier hydrocarbons in petroleum, by exposure to heat and catalysts. It is used to convert heavier alkanes into gasoline, or to improve the octane number of an alkane mixture. [PJC]
cracking, adj.
same as groovy, sense 1. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cracking, adj. & adv. sl.
--adj.
1 outstanding; very good (a cracking performance).
2 (attrib.) fast and exciting (a cracking speed).
--adv. outstandingly (a cracking good time).
--adj.
1 outstanding; very good (a cracking performance).
2 (attrib.) fast and exciting (a cracking speed).
--adv. outstandingly (a cracking good time).
ROGET THESAURUS
cracking
Calefaction
N calefaction, increase of temperature, heating, calefaction, tepefaction, torrefaction, melting, fusion, liquefaction, burning, ambustion, combustion, incension, accension, concremation, cremation, scorification, cautery, cauterization, ustulation, calcination, cracking, refining, incineration, cineration, carbonization, cupellation, ignition, inflammation, adustion, flagration, deflagration, conflagration, empyrosis, incendiarism, arson, auto dafe, boiling, coction, ebullition, estuation, elixation, decoction, ebullioscope, geyser, distillation (vaporization), furnace, blanket, flannel, fur, wadding, clothing, still, refinery, fractionating column, fractionating tower, cracking tower, match, incendiary, petroleuse, cauterizer, caustic, lunar caustic, alkali, apozem, moxa, acid, aqua fortis, aqua regia, catheretic, nitric acid, nitrochloro-hydric acid, nitromuriatic acid, radioactivity, gamma rays, alpha particles, beta rays, X-rays, radiation, cosmic radiation, background radiation, radioactive isotopes, tritium, uranium, plutonium, radon, radium, sunstroke, coup de soleil, insolation, pottery, ceramics, crockery, porcelain, china, earthenware, stoneware, pot, mug, terra cotta, brick, clinker, cinder, ash, scoriae, embers, soot, slag, coke, carbon, charcoal, wood alcohol, turpentine, tea tree oil, gasoline, kerosene, naptha, fuel oil (fuel), wax, paraffin, residue, tar, inflammability, combustibility, diathermancy, transcalency, conduction, convection, radiation, radiant heat, heat conductivity, conductivity, thermal expansion, coefficient of expansion, heated, molten, sodden, r_echauff_e, heating, adust, inflammable, combustible, diathermal, diathermanous, burnt, volcanic, radioactive.
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