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  • 71octane — oc·tane || É‘kteɪn / É’k n. unit of quality measurement in automobile gasoline; hydrocarbon with eight carbon atoms …

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  • 72octane — noun Chemistry a liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, present in petroleum spirit. [C8H18.] Origin C19: from octo eight (denoting eight carbon atoms) + ane2 …

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  • 73octane — oc·tane …

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  • 74octane — oc•tane [[t]ˈɒk teɪn[/t]] n. chem. any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C8H18, some of which are obtained in the distillation of petroleum • Etymology: 1870–75; < Loct(ō)or Gkoct(ṓ) eight+ ane …

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  • 75octane number — oc′tane num ber n. chem. a designation of antiknock quality of gasoline, numerically equal to the percentage of isooctane by volume in a mixture of isooctane and normal heptane that matches the given gasoline in antiknock characteristics. Also… …

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  • 76octane — /ˈɒkteɪn / (say oktayn) noun any of eighteen isomeric alkanes, C8H18, some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum. {oct + ane} …

  • 77octane rating — See octagon number …

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  • 78Indice d'octane — L indice d octane[1] mesure la résistance d un carburant utilisé dans un moteur à allumage commandé à l auto allumage (allumage sans intervention de la bougie). Ce carburant est très généralement l essence. On parle assez souvent improprement de… …

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  • 79SGI Octane — The SGI Octane and the similar SGI Octane2 are UNIX workstations marketed by SGI. Both are 2 way SMP capable workstations, originally based on the MIPS R10000 microprocessor. Newer Octanes are based on MIPS R12000 and R14000. The Octane2 has four …

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  • 80Indice D'octane — L indice d octane[1] mesure la résistance d un carburant utilisé dans un moteur à allumage commandé à l auto allumage (allumage sans intervention de la bougie). Ce carburant est très généralement l essence. On parle assez souvent improprement de… …

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