Frac

adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Frac job.

    "A program summary showing the type and volume of fluid and the size and amount of sand that is planned for the eight fracs is shown in table 1."

  2. 2
    Fracture.
  3. 3
    Fraction
  4. 4
    Fracturing.
  5. 5
    Fractioning
Verb
  1. 1
    To use hydraulic fracturing (fraccing)

    "To date, Arrow has only fracced about 2.5 percent of its wells ..."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to or denoting hydraulic fracturing not-comparable

    "More than a million wells have been fracced in the United States since the first frac job six decades ago."

Example

More examples

"To date, Arrow has only fracced about 2.5 percent of its wells ..."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of hydrofracking.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of frac job.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of fracture.

Etymology 4

Abbreviation of fraction.

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