English word methalox comes from English lox (Liquid oxygen. Smoked salmon.), English methane
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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lox | English (eng) | Liquid oxygen. Smoked salmon. |
methane | English (eng) | (organic chemistry, countable) Any of very many derivatives of methane.. (organic compound, uncountable) The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH4, being a constituent of natural gas. |
methalox | English (eng) | (rocketry) A type of binary rocket fuel composed of liquid oxygen (lox) oxidizer and liquid methane combustible. |