reforming

reforming

1. present participle and gerund of reform

reforming (plural reformings)

1. reformation
2. (chemistry) A catalytic process, whereby short-chain molecules are combined to make larger ones; used in the petrochemical industry.
   • 1969, Petroleum Times, volume 73, page 1051:

     In the course of the present Five Year Plan period (1966-1970) it is planned to complete nine big units for primary processing and 15 catalytic reformings.

• steam reforming

• catalytic reforming
• cracking
• hydroforming
• platforming
• rexforming
• selectoforming
• thermal reforming

Borrowed from English reforming.

• IPA^(key): /rɛˈfɔr.miŋk/
• Rhymes: -ɔrmiŋk
• Syllabification: re‧for‧ming

reforming m inan

1. (chemistry) reforming (catalytic process, whereby short-chain molecules are combined to make larger ones; used in the petrochemical industry)

• reforming in Polish dictionaries at PWN