octane

See also: Octane

English

Etymology

octo- +‎ -ane

Pronunciation

• enPR: ŏk'tān, IPA^(key): /ˈɒk.teɪn/

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.

Coordinate terms

• octyl

Derived terms

• high-octane
• isooctane
• n-octane
• octanal
• octanedione
• octane number
• octanol
• octanyl
• research octane number

 

Related terms

• octene
• octyne

Translations

isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons

• Catalan: octà m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 辛烷 (zh) (xīnwàn)

• Czech: oktan (cs) m
• Dutch: octaan (nl)
• Esperanto: oktano
• Finnish: oktaani (fi)
• French: octane (fr) m
• German: Octan (de) n
• Icelandic: oktan n
• Ido: oktano (io)
• Italian: ottano (it) m
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• Japanese: オクタン (okutan)
• Norwegian: oktan n
• Persian: اکتان (fa) (oktân)
• Polish: oktan (pl) m
• Portuguese: octano (pt) m
• Russian: окта́н (ru) m (oktán)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̀кта̄н m

  Roman: òktān (sh) m

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

Anagrams

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