avgas

See also: av-gas

English

Alternative forms

• av-gas

Etymology

A blend of aviation +‎ gasoline.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈævˌɡæs/

Noun

avgas (countable and uncountable, plural avgases or avgasses)

1. (aviation) Gasoline fuel for piston-engined aircraft.
   • 1988, Kas Thomas, Fuel and oil systems: basic and advanced light plane maintenance:

     Cylinder cracks are nothing new, however, and there is no reason to expect autogas-burning engines to have a higher incidence of head cracking than avgas-users

   • 1994, Michael J. Kroes with Thomas W. Wild, Aircraft powerplants:

     In the area of autogas volatility, a Reid vapor pressure of 9.0 to 15 is very common, compared to the vapor pressure of avgas, which is 5.5 to 7

   • 2006, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, The AOPA pilot: voice of general aviation, volume 49:

     Autogas can be obtained for a fraction of the cost of avgas, but its use is not without controversy.

Hyponyms

• 100LL
• 94UL

Coordinate terms

• mogas, autogas
• avtur

See also

• jet fuel
• diesel fuel
• rocket fuel

Swedish

Etymology

av- +‎ gas

Noun

avgas c

1. exhaust gas

Declension

Declension of avgas
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	avgas	avgasen	avgaser	avgaserna
Genitive	avgas	avgasens	avgasers	avgasernas

Derived terms

• avgasrening
• avgasrör

Further reading

• avgas in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• svaga