destructive distillation

noun

Definitions

  1. The heating of a material, such as coal or wood, in an inert atmosphere, at a high…

    The heating of a material, such as coal or wood, in an inert atmosphere, at a high temperature such as to cause decomposition; the principal products include oils and tars from which many useful organic compounds may be obtained; town gas and coke were obtained in this way.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for destructive distillation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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