Meaning of mineral turpentine | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of white spirit.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“On the building site, vaporizing of mineral turpentines represents a major problem and is associated with nerve damage and other serious health problems.”

“Baking enamels, primers and automotive primer-surfacers are usually based on short-oil alkyd resins, requiring mineral turpentine, toluol or xylol as the major solvent for spraying applications, the desired drying properties being obtained by the addition of small quantities of medium aromatic reducer (b.p. 90 to 130°C, 50 per cent aromatics) and/or aliphatic diluent (b.p. 40 to 140°C).”

CEFR level