OCTANE


Meaning of OCTANE in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

high

It will take many years to phase out existing cars that run on high octane leaded petrol.

There are two ways of producing high octane lead-free petrol.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

high-octane gasoline

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

All petrol engines run on 91 octane unleaded fuel and are equipped with modern fuel injection and three-way exhaust catalysts.

For now it's beer, wine and low octane wine margaritas.

It will take many years to phase out existing cars that run on high octane leaded petrol.

Low octane petrol is readily available almost everywhere, while paraffin is widely used in the third world.

Problems caused by using fuel with a too low octane rating.

The motor industry thinks different, Retooling to make cars that run on low octane fuel will cost money.

The problems of all five aircraft were thought to have been caused by fuel with a low octane level.

When lead is added to petrol it improves a car's performance by increasing the octane rating.

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