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bitumen

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000817

Dark-colored (solid, semisolid, or viscous) cementitious substances, natural or manufactured, composed principally of high molecular weight hydrocarbons, of which asphalts, tars, pitches, and asphaltenes are typical.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000817
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymsasphalt
ReferencesNASA Thesaurus; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsomaterials; petroleum; coal; carbon; construction materials; hydrocarbons
TranslationsSpanish: betún
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000817",
  "term": "bitumen",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Dark-colored (solid, semisolid, or viscous) cementitious substances, natural or manufactured, composed principally of high molecular weight hydrocarbons, of which asphalts, tars, pitches, and asphaltenes are typical.",
  "synonyms": [
    "asphalt"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "materials",
    "petroleum",
    "coal",
    "carbon",
    "construction materials",
    "hydrocarbons"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NASA Thesaurus",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "betún"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/bitumen/"
}

Record 817 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.