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OCTANE RATING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does octane rating mean?
• OCTANE RATING (noun)
The noun OCTANE RATING has 1 sense:
1. a measure of the antiknock properties of gasoline
Familiarity information: OCTANE RATING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A measure of the antiknock properties of gasoline
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
octane number; octane rating
Hypernyms ("octane rating" is a kind of...):
amount; measure; quantity (how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify)
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