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triptane

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trip⋅tane

[trip-teyn]
–noun Chemistry.
a colorless liquid, C7H17, having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.

Origin:
1940–45; tri(methyl) b(u)tane (with p for b before t). See tri-, methyl
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trip·tane   (trĭp'tān')   
n.  A colorless liquid antiknock additive, C7H16, used in aviation fuels.

[Shortening and alteration of trimethylbutane : tri- + methyl + butane.]
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