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octane

noun oc·tane \ˈäk-ˌtān\

: a chemical in petroleum that is used to rate the quality of different kinds of gasoline

Full Definition of OCTANE

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:  any of several isomeric liquid alkanes C8H18
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Origin of OCTANE

International Scientific Vocabulary
First Known Use: circa 1872

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