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A volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum
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gasolene
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of gasoline English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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 , gas , petrol ]
Usage examples of gasolene.
He also turned on a little more gasolene and opened the muffler The quickness with which his motor-cycle shot forward almost threw him from the saddle, but he had a tight grip on the handle bars.
The young inventor was so surprised that he did not open the gasolene throttle, nor switch on his spark.
He had slowed down his machine, and was running even with the gasolene car now.
It crept up on the gasolene car, as an express train overtakes a freight, and the man, looking back, and expecting to see his rival far behind was surprised to note the queer looking vehicle lapping his rear wheels.
The man looked annoyed, and tried, by the skilful use of gasolene and sparking levers, to leave Tom behind.
Now the electric was lapping the rear wheels of the gasolene machine, but the driver did not know it.
It was well that he did, for he was passing the gasolene car dangerously close.
I tell you that the main power consists of two big gasolene engines, one on either side.
They inspected the powerful gasolene engines, saw how they worked the endless belts made of plates of jointed steel, which, running over sprocket wheels, really gave the tank its power by providing great tractive force.
The gasolene feeds by air pressure, and that works standing on its head, as well as any other way.
There was no leak from the gasolene tanks, which was one of the contingencies Tom feared, and, as he had said, the motors would work upside down as well as right side up, a fact he had proved more than once in his Hawk.
Jerry, as he shoved the gasolene lever over a trifle, and advanced the spark, thereby increasing the speed of the car.
As he found his car responding to the increase of gasolene and the advanced spark, he shoved the levers still further over.
He turned on more gasolene and advanced the spark still further, so that the boat increased her rate, piling up waves of white foam on either side.
Attempting to use it as a food is as foolish as trying to burn gasolene or kerosene in an ordinary wood stove.