feedstock
nounEtymology
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Any bulk raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process.
- Bio-materials may be substituted for petrochemical feedstocks as petroleum prices rise.
- The filtered extract of the mash is the feedstock for the fermenter.
- In 2006, about 6 percent of the world's crude oil production was used in non-energy applications, primarily as a petrochemical feedstock.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at feedstock. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at feedstock. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at feedstock
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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