TRIPTANE


Meaning of TRIPTANE in English

/trip"tayn/ , n. Chem.

a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.

[ 1940-45; tri ( methyl ) b ( u ) tane (with p for b before t ). See TRI-, METHYL ]

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