Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The lightest volatile liquid product commonly obtained from the distillation of petroleum.
- noun Its principal hydrocarbon constituents are hexane and heptane, C6H14 and C7H16, in varying proportions. It boils between 149° and 194° F. and gives off a vapor under atmospheric tension at all temperatures. The vapor of gasolene is 3.05 times as heavy as air. The volatile elements distil off on storage, unless the containing-vessels are very tight. Its calorific power is about 18,000 B. T. U. It is much used in the internal-combustion motors of motor-cars and motor-boats.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
gasoline .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
gasoline .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
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Examples
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The powder crackled, fizzed, and spluttered and spilled out the excess of gasolene from the flaming oakum balls so that streams of fire dripped down on the main deck beneath.
CHAPTER XLVII 2010
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The powder crackled, fizzed, and spluttered and spilled out the excess of gasolene from the flaming oakum balls so that streams of fire dripped down on the main deck beneath.
Chapter 47 1914
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The water moved free as the air from one compartment to another; furthermore, a strong smell of gasolene from the after compartment leads me to suspect that some one or more of the half-dozen tanks there stored have sprung a leak.
Chapter 2 1913
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The water moved free as the air from one compartment to another; furthermore, a strong smell of gasolene from the after compartment leads me to suspect that some one or more of the half-dozen tanks there stored have sprung a leak.
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Now gasolene is a very dangerous article to carry in bulk on a small craft far out on the wide ocean.
Chapter 2 1913
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Now gasolene is a very dangerous article to carry in bulk on a small craft far out on the wide ocean.
Chapter 2 1911
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a strong smell of gasolene from the after compartment leads me to suspect that some one or more of the half-dozen tanks there stored have sprung a leak.
Chapter 2 1911
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One is the great increase in the use of some of the products, such as gasolene, which has increased many fold since the automobile became popular.
Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation Mary Huston Gregory
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They built this economic house fire that the Dems are trying to put out with gasolene.
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Could we import a gasolene/ethanol blend as a way to avoid the tariff?
Energy Economics and Politics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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