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gas·o·line

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–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 + -ol² + -ine²

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—Related forms

gas·o·line·less, adjective

gas·o·lin·ic

Audio Help [gas-uh-lee-nik, -lin-ik] Pronunciation Key, adjective

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gas·o·line Audio Help (gās'ə-lēn', gās'ə-lēn') Pronunciation Key
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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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.

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gasoline
noun
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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gasoline, *gasolene [ˈgӕsəliːn] noun

(American gas) petrol
Example: als

Arabic:	جازولين، بَنْزين
Chinese (Simplified):	汽油
Chinese (Traditional):	汽油
Czech:	benzín
Danish:	benzin; brændstof
Dutch:	benzine
Estonian:	bensiin
Finnish:	bensiini
French:	essence
German:	das Benzin
Greek:	βενζίνη
Hungarian:	benzin
Icelandic:	bensín
Indonesian:	bensin
Italian:	benzina

Japanese:	ガソリン
Korean:	가솔린
Latvian:	benzīns
Lithuanian:	benzinas
Norwegian:	bensin
Polish:	benzyna
Portuguese (Brazil):	gasolina
Portuguese (Portugal):	gasolina
Romanian:	benzină
Russian:	газолин; бензин
Slovak:	benzín
Slovenian:	bencin
Spanish:	gasolina
Swedish:	bensin
Turkish:	benzin

See also: gassy, gasworks, gas, gas chamber, gas mask, gas meter, gas station, gaseous

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gasoline Audio Help (gās'ə-lēn') Pronunciation Key
A highly flammable mixture of liquid hydrocarbons that are derived from petroleum. The hydrocarbons in gasoline contain between five and eight carbon atoms. Gasoline is used as a fuel for internal-combustion engines in automobiles, motorcycles, and small trucks.

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Gasoline

Gas`o*lene\, n. See Gasoline.

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Gasoline

Gas"o*line\ (? or ?; 104), n. 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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