GASOLINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gasoline mean? 

• GASOLINE (noun)
  The noun GASOLINE has 1 sense:

1. a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines

  Familiarity information: GASOLINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GASOLINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

gas; gasolene; gasoline; petrol

Hypernyms ("gasoline" is a kind of...):

fuel (a substance that can be consumed to produce energy)

hydrocarbon (an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gasoline"):

leaded gasoline; leaded petrol (gasoline treated with a lead compound to reduce motor knocks)

napalm (gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps; highly incendiary liquid used in fire bombs and flamethrowers)

unleaded gasoline; unleaded petrol (gasoline that has not been treated with a lead compound)

Holonyms ("gasoline" is a substance of...):

gasohol (a gasoline substitute consisting of 90% gasoline and 10% grain alcohol from corn)

 Context examples 

Cyclopenta[c,d]pyrene is primarily found in gasoline engine exhaust.

(Cyclopenta[cd]pyrene, NCI Thesaurus)

But Titan is so cold that they behave as liquids, like gasoline at room temperature on our planet.

(Cassini Reveals Surprises with Titan's Lakes, NASA)

It is found in gasoline, lighter fluid, and some aerosol sprays.

(Butane, NCI Dictionary)

Dibenz[a,j]acridine is primarily found in gasoline exhaust, petroleum refinery incinerator emissions, coal combustion emissions, cigarette smoke and coal tar pitch.

(Dibenz[a,j]acridine, NCI Thesaurus)

Dibenzo[a,e]pyrene is primarily found in gasoline exhaust, tobacco smoke and fossil fuels.

(Dibenzo[a,e]pyrene, NCI Thesaurus)

It is used as gasoline and lubricant additive, antioxidant, and stabilizer for industry materials.

(N-Nitrosodiethylamine, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit used to compare the energy content of gasoline and alternative energy sources equal to approximately 33.705 watt-hours.

(Gasoline-Equivalent Gallon, NCI Thesaurus)

A chemical that is used widely by the chemical industry, and is also found in tobacco smoke, vehicle emissions, and gasoline fumes.

(Benzene, NCI Dictionary)

Benzo(b)fluoranthene is primarily found in gasoline exhaust, tobacco and cigarette smoke, coal tar, soot, amino acids and fatty acid pyrolysis products.

(Benzo[b]fluoranthene, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers collected data on aerosols in the atmosphere, meteorological conditions, traffic and reasons behind the consumers’ behaviour of switching from ethanol to gasoline.

(Ethanol to gasoline switch raises nanoparticles in air, SciDev.Net)