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gasoline
(gas′ə lēn′, gas′ə lēn′)
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noun
a volatile, highly flammable, colorless liquid mixture of hydrocarbons produced by the fractional distillation of petroleum and used chiefly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
also gasolene
Origin: gas + -ol + -ine
See gasoline in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A volatile mixture of flammable liquid hydrocarbons derived chiefly from crude petroleum and used principally as a fuel for internal-combustion engines.
Origin:
Origin: gas
Origin: + -ol(e)
Origin: + -ine2
.Related Forms:
- gasˌo·linˈic (-lēˈnĭk, -lĭnˈĭk) adjective
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