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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

pet•ro•lene n.

Chemistryany of the constituents of a bitumen, as asphalt, that are soluble in pentane, hexane, or naphthalene. Also called malthene. Cf. asphaltene.

petrol(eum) + -ene 1830–40

'petrolene' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

asphaltene - malthene

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