octane rating
1Octane rating — or octane number is a standard measure of the anti knock properties (i.e. the performance) of a motor or aviation fuel. The higher the octane number, the more compression the fuel can withstand before detonating. In broad terms, fuels with a… …
2Octane rating — is a relative quantity specification of the engine fuel antiknock rating to detonation of engine fuels used in gasoline internal combustion engines. Engine fuel can be compared to an isooctane mix, the conditional octane rating of which is 100,… …
3octane rating — noun a measure of the antiknock properties of gasoline • Syn: ↑octane number • Hypernyms: ↑measure, ↑quantity, ↑amount * * * noun see octane number * * * octane number or …
4Octane rating — A number used to indicate gasoline s antiknock performance in motor vehicle engines. The two recognized laboratory engine test methods for determining the antiknock rating, i.e., octane rating, of gasolines are the Research method and the Motor …
5octane rating/number — An indicator of a fuel’s ability to burn at a controlled rate at high temperatures and pressures without causing a detonation (very rapid burning or exploding). This number is expressed as a percentage by volume of iso octane in a mixture with a… …
6octane rating — noun see octane number …
7octane rating — see octane number …
8octane rating — See octagon number …
9Octane (disambiguation) — Octane may refer to: Octane, an alkane with the chemical formula C8H18 Octane rating, a gasoline rating system Octane (Transformers), a Decepticon in the Transformers toyline SGI Octane, an SGI computer Octane (band), a rock band from… …
10octane — (n.) hydrocarbon of the methane series, 1872, coined from octo (see OCTA (Cf. octa )) + ANE (Cf. ane); so called because it has eight carbon atoms. A fuel s octane rating, in reference to its anti knocking quality, is attested from 1932 …