Associations to the word «Octane»

Wiktionary

OCTANE, noun. (chemistry) Any of the eighteen isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons (C8H18) found in petroleum, especially an iso-octane 2,2,4 trimethyl-pentane; they are used as fuels and solvents.
OCTANE NUMBER, noun. A measure of the antiknock properties of an automobile fuel; isooctane having an octane number of 100, a fuel with the same antiknock properties as a mixture of 90% isooctane and 10% heptane having an octane number of 90
OCTANE NUMBERS, noun. Plural of octane number

Dictionary definition

OCTANE, noun. Any isomeric saturated hydrocarbon found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats