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octane
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Octane is the eighth studio album by American progressive rock band Spock's Beard , released on 25 January 2005. The first seven tracks form a complete piece of work, "A Flash Before My Eyes", that tells the story of a man involved in a car accident who ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
hydrocarbon of the methane series, 1872, coined from octo- (see octa- ) + -ane ; so called because it has eight carbon atoms. A fuel's octane rating , in reference to its anti-knocking quality, is attested from 1932.
Usage examples of octane.
Shenzhen was a megalopolis in a hurry, a boom town city going at a furious pace twenty-four hours a day, running at full blast on the high octane fuel that was the most profane of words in all of Communist China: capitalism.
Back before all the friendly microbes of today that cheerfully turn our garbage into high octane, nonpolluting fuel or churn out the monoclonal antibodies that cure everything from colds to cancer.
He knew the blade capacity of each sword swallower and the octane rating of every fire eater.