noun
- Plural of ligroin; volatile, flammable liquid hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum, used as a solvent and in cleaning.
Usage: technical; chemistry
Examples
- Ligroines are commonly used in laboratory settings as organic solvents.
- The chemist selected ligroines for extracting lipids from the tissue sample.
- Industrial cleaning processes often employ ligroines due to their solvent properties.
- Ligroines evaporate quickly, making them useful for rapid drying applications.