bitumens

See also: Bitumens

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪtjumɛnz/

Noun

bitumens

1. plural of bitumen
   • 1796, Antoine-François de Fourcroy, Elements of Chemistry, and Natural History: To which is Prefixed the Philosophy of Chemistry, page 209:

     Moſt naturaliſts and chemiſts aſcribe the formation of petrolea to the decompoſition of ſolid bitumens by the action of ſubterraneous fires.

   • 1977, The Philosophical Magazine, page 212:

     Thus, as I have shown that there is a sort of gradation from naphtha to asphaltum, through a series of undefinable petrolea, so this analogy may be extended to the next general variety of the bitumens, coal.

Swedish

Noun

bitumens

1. indefinite genitive singular of bitumen
2. definite genitive singular of bitumen
3. indefinite genitive plural of bitumen