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Gasoline - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Gasoline : (noun)
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 [syn: gasolene,
gas, petrol]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Gasoline : \Gas"o*line\, or Gasolene engine \Gas"o*lene, en"gine\
. (Mach.)
A kind of internal-combustion engine; -- in British countries
called usually petrol engine.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Gasoline : \Gas"o*line\ (? or ?; 104), n.
A highly volatile mixture of fluid hydrocarbons, obtained
from petroleum, as also by the distillation of bituminous
coal. It is used in making air gas, and in giving
illuminating power to water gas. See Carburetor.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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