Type and usage of gasolene from BoostVocab

Smart Search Learn a New Word

gasolene

/,ɡæsə'lin/

Synonyms of gasolene Antonyms of gasolene Examples of gasolene Usage of gasolene Parts of gasolene Definition that contains gasolene Words sounding like gasolene Explanation of gasolene

noun
a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
- + New List
Similar:

gas gasoline petrol

type of:
fuel hydrocarbon

Definition that contains gasolene

hydrocracking the process whereby hydrocarbon molecules of petroleum are broken down into kerosene and gasolene by the addition of hydrogen under high pressure in the presence of a catalyst