residual oil


residual oil

noun

Definition of RESIDUAL OIL

: fuel oil that remains after the removal of valuable distillates (as gasoline) from petroleum and that is used especially by industry —called also resid

First Known Use of RESIDUAL OIL

circa 1948

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