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Tobacco Terminology

 

Please "click" the first letter of the term you wish defined:

A B  C  D   E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M   N  O  P  Q  R  S  T   U  V  W  X  Y  Z

 

A
ACTIVATED CARBON
AIR CURING
AIR DILUTION
AIR PERMEABILITY
ALKALOID
ALKALOID RETENTION
AMES TEST
AUTOMATIC SMOKING MACHINE

B
BAKED TAR
BALE
BAT
BEEDEE
BI
BIDI
BLACK TOBACCO
BLOND TOBACCO
BLUE MOULD
BM
BRIGHT
BULK CURING
BURLEY
BURN CAPACITY
BURNING ZONE TEMPERATURE
BW

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C
CAMBRIDGE FILTER
CAMVER TEST
CAPABILITY
CASE HARDENING
CASING
CELLULOSE ACETATE
CIGARETTE FIRMNESS
CIGARETTE HARDNESS
CIGARETTE PAPER
CIGARETTE ROD
CIGARETTE SIZE
CIGARETTE SMOKE AEROSOL
CIGARETTE SMOKE CONDENSATE
CIGARETTE VENTILATION
COAL
COAL RETENTION
COAL STRENGTH
COMBUSTION
COMPACIMETER
COMPACT CURING
COMPENSATION
COOLER
CORESTA
CORESTA STANDARDS
CRIMP RATIO
CRUDE SMOKE CONDENSATE
CURING
CYLINDER VOLUME
CYTREL

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D
DEGREE OF VENTILATION
DENIER
DENSITY LEVEL
DIFFUSION
DISTILLATION PRODUCTS
DOWNY MILDEW
DRAFT RESISTANCE/DRAW RESISTANCE
DRY SMOKE CONDENSATE
DRYER
DUOLITE

E
EC/1
ELASTICITY
ELECTROSTATIC PERFORATION
ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION
ELMENHORST COLD TRAP
END STABILITY
ETHREL
EXPANDED TOBACCO
EXPANSION
EXTRUDED TOBACCO

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F
FERMENTATION
FILLER
FILLING POWER
FILTER
FILTER DILUTION
FILTER EFFICIENCY
FILTER TOW
FIRE CURING
FIRE RETENTION
FIRMNESS
FLUE CURING
FLUE-CURED TOBACCO
FOAMED TOBACCO SHEET
FREE AMINO ACIDS
FREEZE-DRIED TOBACCO
FTC FILTER
FULL COMPENSATION
FUMIGATION

G
GAS PHASE
GREEN LEAF

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H
HOGSHEAD
HOMOGENIZED LEAF CURING
HUMECTANT
HYGROSCOPIC AGENT

L
LATAKIA

M
MAINSTREAM
MARYLAND TOBACCO
MAXWELL INTERNATIONAL REPORT
MAXWELL REPORT
MECHANICAL PERFORATION
MENTHOL
MENTHOL MIX
MENTHOLATION
METHOPRENE

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N
NAVY CUT
NEUTRAL FRACTION
NICOTIANA
NICOTINE
NO COMPENSATION
NONTOBACCO SMOKING MATERIAL

O
ORIENTAL TOBACCO

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P
PAPIROSSI
PAPIROSSY
PARTICULATE PHASE
PEAK COAL TEMPERATURE
PERFORATION
PERIQUE
pH
PLASTICITY
PLASTICIZER
PLUG
PLUG MAKER
PLUG ROD
PLUG SPACE PLUG
PLUG WRAP
POROSITY
PRESSURE DROP
PRIMARY PROCESSING
PROTEIN
PUFF COUNT
PUFF DURATION
PUFF FLOW RATE
PUFF FREQUENCY
PUFF NUMBER
PUFF PROFILE
PUFF RESISTANCE
PUFF VELOCITY
PUFF VOLUME
PUFFABILITY
PUFF-BY-PUFF PROFILE
PUFFED TOBACCO
PYROLYSIS
PYROLYSIS ZONE
PYROSYNTHESIS

Q
QUALITY

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R
RECONSTITUTED TOBACCO
REDUCING SUGARS
REDUCTION OF CONDENSATE AND NICOTINE
RESISTANCE TO DRAW
RIPENING AGENTS
ROLL-YOUR-OWN

S
SAUCE
SEITA
SEMIVOLATILES
SIDESTREAM
SMOKE FLAVOR CRITERIA
SMOKE REMOVAL EFFICIENCY
SMOKE YIELD
SMOKING MACHINE
SOFTENING
SPECIFIC HEAT
SPECIFIC VOLUME
SPUD
STATIC BURNING RATE
STEAM VOLATILES
STIFFENING
SUN CURING
SYNTHETIC TOBACCO

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T
TAR
TCRC
TECDA
TIPPING
TIPPING PAPER
TIPS
TOBACCO CHEMISTS RESEARCH CONFERENCE
TOBACCO CLASS
TOBACCO EXTENDER
TOBACCO FOIL
TOBACCO SHEET
TOBACCO SUBSTITUTE
TOBACCO SUPPLEMENT
TOP FLAVORINGS
TOPPING
TOTAL PARTICULATE MATTER
TOW
TOW BUG
TPM
TRANSFER EFFICIENCY
TRANSFER RATE
TRANSFERENCE RATE
TRIACETIN
TRIETHYLENE GLYCOL DIACETATE
TUBING

U
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY REFERENCE CIGARETTES

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V
VAPOR PHASE
VENTILATION
VIRGINIA TOBACCO

W
WHOLE SMOKE CONDENSATE
WHOLE TAR
WSC

Y
YIELD

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Last revised: January 06, 2008

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