Meaning of OCTANE
| Pronunciation: | | 'âkteyn
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| | Definition: | | [n] any isomeric saturated hydrocarbon found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Oc"tane\, n. [See {Octa-}] . (Chem.)
Any one of a group of metametric hydrocarcons ({C8H18}) of
the methane series. The most important is a colorless,
volatile, inflammable liquid, found in petroleum, and a
constituent of benzene or ligroin.
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| | Related Terms: | | alcohol, benzine, briquette, burnable, butane, carbon, charcoal, coal, coke, combustible, dope, ethane, ethanol, fireball, firing, flammable, flammable material, fuel, fuel additive, fuel dope, gas, gas carbon, gasoline, heptane, hexane, inflammable, inflammable material, isooctane, jet fuel, kerosene, methane, methanol, natural gas, oil, paraffin, peat, pentane, propane, propellant, rocket fuel, turf |
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