"octane" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɒk.teɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-octane.wav Forms: octanes [plural]
enPR: ŏk'tān Etymology: From oct- + -ane. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|oct|ane}} oct- + -ane Head templates: {{en-noun}} octane (plural octanes)
  1. (organic 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. Categories (topical): Organic compounds, Petroleum Translations (isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons): أُوكْتَان (ʔuktān) (Arabic), октан (oktan) [masculine] (Bulgarian), အောက်တိန်း (auktin:) (Burmese), octà [masculine] (Catalan), 辛烷 (xīnwàn) (Chinese Mandarin), oktan [masculine] (Czech), octaan (Dutch), oktano (Esperanto), oktaani (Finnish), octane [masculine] (French), Octan [neuter] (German), οκτάνιο (oktánio) [neuter] (Greek), oktan [neuter] (Icelandic), oktano (Ido), oktana (Indonesian), ottano [masculine] (Italian), オクタン (okutan) (Japanese), អុកតាន (ʼoktaan) (Khmer), 옥테인 (oktein) (Korean), oktan [neuter] (Norwegian), اکتان (oktân) (Persian), oktan [masculine] (Polish), octano [masculine] (Portuguese), окта́н (oktán) [masculine] (Russian), о̀кта̄н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), òktān [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), octano [masculine] (Spanish), oktan [neuter] (Swedish), octan (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-octane-en-noun-jLkcn6nv Disambiguation of Petroleum: 49 51 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons': 68 32
  2. octane number Categories (topical): Petroleum
    Sense id: en-octane-en-noun-YBRGDoup Disambiguation of Petroleum: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with oct-, English terms suffixed with -ane, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with oct-: 27 73 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ane: 18 82 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: octene, octyne Coordinate_terms: octyl

Inflected forms

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      "word": "octanal"
    },
    {
      "word": "octanedione"
    },
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      "word": "octane number"
    },
    {
      "word": "octane rating"
    },
    {
      "word": "octanol"
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      "word": "octanyl"
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    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "octane"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "io",
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons",
      "word": "oktana"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons",
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    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
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      "sense": "isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons",
      "word": "អុកតាន"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "oktein",
      "sense": "isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons",
      "word": "옥테인"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "oktan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
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      "sense": "isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons",
      "word": "اکتان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "oktan"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons",
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        "neuter"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons",
      "word": "octan"
    }
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}

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