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gasoline
(encz) | gasoline,benzín n: [amer.] Pavel Machek; Giza |
Gasoline
(gcide) | Gasoline \Gas"o*line\, Gasolene \Gas"o*lene\(? or ?; 104), n.
A highly volatile mixture of fluid hydrocarbons, obtained
mostly from petroleum, as also by the distillation of
bituminous coal. It is used as a fuel for most automobiles
and for many other vehicles with internal combustion engines.
The gasoline of commerce is typically blended with additives
to improve its performance in internal combustion engines.
Gasoline was also used in the early 1900's in making air gas,
and in giving illuminating power to water gas. See
Carburetor.
Syn: petrol[Brit]. [1913 Webster +PJC] Gasoline engine |
gasoline
(wn) | gasoline
n 1: a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and
heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used
mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines [syn:
gasoline, gasolene, gas, petrol] |
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gasoline bomb
(encz) | gasoline bomb, n: |
gasoline engine
(encz) | gasoline engine, n: |
gasoline gage
(encz) | gasoline gage, n: |
gasoline gauge
(encz) | gasoline gauge, n: |
gasoline mileage
(encz) | gasoline mileage, n: |
gasoline pump
(encz) | gasoline pump, n: |
gasoline station
(encz) | gasoline station, n: |
gasoline tank
(encz) | gasoline tank, n: |
gasoline tax
(encz) | gasoline tax, n: |
leaded gasoline
(encz) | leaded gasoline, n: |
unleaded gasoline
(encz) | unleaded gasoline, n: |
Gasoline
(gcide) | Gasoline \Gas"o*line\, Gasolene \Gas"o*lene\(? or ?; 104), n.
A highly volatile mixture of fluid hydrocarbons, obtained
mostly from petroleum, as also by the distillation of
bituminous coal. It is used as a fuel for most automobiles
and for many other vehicles with internal combustion engines.
The gasoline of commerce is typically blended with additives
to improve its performance in internal combustion engines.
Gasoline was also used in the early 1900's in making air gas,
and in giving illuminating power to water gas. See
Carburetor.
Syn: petrol[Brit]. [1913 Webster +PJC] Gasoline engine |
Gasoline engine
(gcide) | Gasoline engine \Gas"o*line en"gine\, or Gasolene engine
\Gas"o*lene en"gine\ . (Mach.)
A kind of internal-combustion engine; -- in British countries
called usually petrol engine.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
gasoline station
(gcide) | Service station \Serv"ice station\
a business where automobiles may be serviced and repaired,
usually also having a gasoline vending apparatus, in which
case it is also called a gas station or gasoline station.
Facilities for repair of automobiles but without a gasoline
dispensing function are commonly called repair shops.
[PJC] |
gasoline bomb
(wn) | gasoline bomb
n 1: a crude incendiary bomb made of a bottle filled with
flammable liquid and fitted with a rag wick [syn: {Molotov
cocktail}, petrol bomb, gasoline bomb] |
gasoline engine
(wn) | gasoline engine
n 1: an internal-combustion engine that burns gasoline; most
automobiles are driven by gasoline engines [syn: {gasoline
engine}, petrol engine] |
gasoline gage
(wn) | gasoline gage
n 1: gauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the
gasoline tank of a vehicle [syn: gasoline gauge,
gasoline gage, gas gauge, gas gage, petrol gauge,
petrol gage] |
gasoline gauge
(wn) | gasoline gauge
n 1: gauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the
gasoline tank of a vehicle [syn: gasoline gauge,
gasoline gage, gas gauge, gas gage, petrol gauge,
petrol gage] |
gasoline mileage
(wn) | gasoline mileage
n 1: the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of
gallons of gasoline burned [syn: mileage, {fuel
consumption rate}, gasoline mileage, gas mileage] |
gasoline pump
(wn) | gasoline pump
n 1: a pump in a service station that draws gasoline from
underground storage tanks [syn: gas pump, {gasoline
pump}, petrol pump, island dispenser] |
gasoline station
(wn) | gasoline station
n 1: a service station that sells gasoline [syn: {gasoline
station}, gas station, filling station, {petrol
station}] |
gasoline tank
(wn) | gasoline tank
n 1: a tank for holding gasoline to supply a vehicle [syn: {gas
tank}, gasoline tank, petrol tank] |
gasoline tax
(wn) | gasoline tax
n 1: a tax on every gallon of gasoline sold |
leaded gasoline
(wn) | leaded gasoline
n 1: gasoline treated with a lead compound to reduce motor
knocks; "combustion of leaded gasoline released lead into
the air where it could cause lead poisoning" [syn: {leaded
gasoline}, leaded petrol] [ant: unleaded gasoline,
unleaded petrol] |
unleaded gasoline
(wn) | unleaded gasoline
n 1: gasoline that has not been treated with a lead compound
[syn: unleaded gasoline, unleaded petrol] [ant: {leaded
gasoline}, leaded petrol] |
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