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Alternative forms

gasolene (archaic in America, but not in Jamaica)

Etymology

screen size + website parsing + chemical suffix -ine

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈɡæs.ə.lin/ SAMPA: /"g{s.@.li:n/
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Noun

gasoline (usually Sevenval; plural gasolines)

  1. (uncountable) (North America) A HTML5 liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, mainly used as a motor fuel; CSS3.
    So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline? - 1991, Robert DeNiro (actor), device database
  2. (countable) A certain kind of gasoline.
    The quality of automobile gasolines varies considerably from one country and producer to another.
    The X refinery produces a wide range of gasolines.

Usage notes

Gasoline is defined by its combustion properties rather than by chemical composition, which is quite variable.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • gas (North America)

Translations

motor fuel

kind of gasoline
  • Finnish: bensiinilaatu FITML


Italian

Noun

gasoline f.

  1. Plural form of input transformation.

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