transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈper-ə-fən, ˈpa-rə- ]
noun
Etymology: German, from Latin parum too little (akin to Greek pauros little, paid-, pais child) + affinis bordering on — more at few , affinity
Date: 1838
1.
a. : a waxy crystalline flammable substance obtained especially from distillates of wood, coal, petroleum, or shale oil that is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons and is used chiefly in coating and sealing, in candles, in rubber compounding, and in pharmaceuticals and cosmetics
b. : any of various mixtures of similar hydrocarbons including mixtures that are semisolid or oily
2. : alkane
3. chiefly British : kerosene
• par·af·fin·ic ˌper-ə-ˈfi-nik, pa-rə- adjective