About The Word Octane
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Octane
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What's The Definition Of Octane?
[n] any isomeric saturated hydrocarbon found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent
Synonyms | Synonyms for Octane: Related Terms | Find terms related to Octane: 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 See Also | hydrocarbon Octane In Webster's Dictionary \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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