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1. (n.) gasoline
a volatile, flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum and used chiefly as fuel for internal-combustion engines.
Etymology: (1860–65)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) gasoline, gasolene, gas, petrol
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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1. (noun) gasoline
gas used in vehicles
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) gasoline
a highly volatile mixture of fluid hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, as also by the distillation of bituminous coal. It is used in making air gas, and in giving illuminating power to water gas. See Carburetor
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. gasoline
Volative flammable fuel (liquid hydrocarbons) derived from crude petroleum by processes such as distillation reforming, polymerization, etc.
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