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UK
/ɡˈæsəlˌiːn/
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[ US /ˈɡæsəˌɫin/ ]
[ US /ˈɡæsəˌɫin/ ]
NOUN
- a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
How To Use gasoline In A Sentence
- Today, oil is pumped from underground oil-filled rock and sent to a refinery where it is made into gasoline.
- Bond revenue and special funds like the highway account fueled by the gasoline tax are earmarked in advance.
- When the pressure in the venturi is lower than the atmospheric pressure, the gasoline in the float bowl enters the airstream going into the engine.
- They expected gasoline stockpiles to drop 1.7 million barrels and distillate inventories to fall 300,000 barrels. Oil Falls, Awaits Obama
- ‘The first and most important step is to make policies to provide better fuels before we look for alternative fuels,’ he said, suggesting the consumption of leaded gasoline be reduced.
- After taking lead out of the gasoline the compression ratios had to be dropped to 8 and 9 to 1 in order to avoid preignition igniting of the fuel which the lead was in there to prevent. The Volokh Conspiracy » More Good Summer TV:
- There was an item on Dustbury last week about refineries post-Katrina, linking to Hatless in Hattiesburg's suggestion to replace refineries which were destroyed or disabled by Katrina with new refineries on military bases slated for being "realigned," and to Engine of the Future's suggestion to lift for three years the EPA regulations requiring different fuel blends for different regions, so that gasoline can be shipped wherever it's needed, avoiding artificial shortages. Oily residue - BatesLine
- And you have refining and delivery of that crude oil as what we call petrol or gasoline. Shai Agassi's bold plan for electric cars
- American vehicles consume some 133 billion gallons of gasoline each year. Getting There: The Epic Struggle between Road and Rail in the American Century
- Unleaded gasoline for February delivery fell 1. 83 cents to 58. 65 cents a gallon.