裂化

lièhuà
to crack (fractionally distill oil)

CEDICT

  1. (chemistry) cracking
  2. (chemistry) to crack
  3. (phonetics) diphthongization; vowel breaking
  4. (phonetics) to diphthongize
  5. cracking
  6. diphthongization; vowel breaking
  7. to crack
  8. to diphthongize

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 裂 liè
  1. to split
  2. to crack
  3. to break open
  4. to rend
2 化 huà
  1. to make into
  2. to change into
  3. -ization
  4. to ... -ize
  5. to transform
  6. abbr. for 化學 huàxué

Related entries

坼 chè
  1. to crack
  2. to split
  3. to break
  4. to chap
龜裂 jūnliè
  1. to crack
  2. cracked
  3. fissured
  4. creviced
  5. (of skin) chapped
裂 liè
  1. to split
  2. to crack
  3. to break open
  4. to rend
自來水管凍裂了。

The water pipes froze and then burst.

Source: Tatoeba

迸裂 bèngliè
  1. to split
  2. to crack
  3. to burst (open)
迸 bèng
  1. to burst forth
  2. to spurt
  3. to crack
  4. split
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