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Rating at a pump
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octane
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Word definitions for octane in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
octane \oc"tane\ ([o^]k"t[=a]n), n. [See Octa- ] (Chem.) Any one of a group of metametric hydrocarbons ( C8H18 ) of the methane (paraffin) series. The most important is a colorless, volatile, inflammable liquid, found in petroleum, and a constituent of ...
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.