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gas⋅o⋅line

[gas-uh-leen, gas-uh-leen]
–noun
a volatile, flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, and used as fuel for internal-combustion engines, as a solvent, etc.

Origin:
1860–65, Americanism; gas + -ol 2 + -ine 2


gas⋅o⋅line⋅less, adjective
gas⋅o⋅lin⋅ic [gas-uh-lee-nik, -lin-ik] , adjective
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gas·o·line   (gās'ə-lēn', gās'ə-lēn')   
n.  A volatile mixture of flammable liquid hydrocarbons derived chiefly from crude petroleum and used principally as a fuel for internal-combustion engines.

[gas + -ol(e) + -ine2.]
gas'o·lin'ic (-lē'nĭk, -lĭn'ĭk) adj.
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Word Origin & History

gasoline 
coined 1865 as gasolene, from gas (q.v.) + chemical suffix -ine/-ene. current spelling is 1871; shortened form gas first recorded Amer.Eng. 1905. Gas station first recorded 1932.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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