• A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless andodorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., bydistillation. It is used as an illuminant and lubricant. It is veryinert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents.It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known tobe a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane ormarsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid,liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus coal gas andkerosene consist largely of paraffins.


    Paradoxy meaning & definition 1 of Paradoxy.


    1. The state of being paradoxical (Webster's)
    2. In theological terms, it is the act of believing in something you know to be completely untrue. eg. people who follow the norms of a religion, believing that it will make them more worthy in the eyes of a god(s) that they do not believe actually exists. Examples are most Christians, Jews, Hindus, Muslims, and other less popular religions.

    Paradoxy meaning & definition 2 of Paradoxy.

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