octane

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English

Etymology

octo- + -ane

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɒk.teɪn/

Noun

octane (plural octanes)

1. (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.

Translations

isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons

• Dutch: octaan (nl)
• Esperanto: oktano (eo)
• Finnish: oktaani (fi)
• German: Octan (de) n
• Icelandic: oktan (is) n
• Ido: oktano (io)
• Italian: ottano (it) m
• Norwegian: oktan (no) n

• Polish: oktan (pl) m
• Portuguese: octano (pt) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̀кта̄н (sh) m

  Roman: òktān (sh) m

• Spanish: octano (es) m
• Swedish: oktan (sv) n

Derived terms

• octane number

Anagrams

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