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super-unleaded, a. and n.
Brit. |ˌs(j)uːpərʌnˈlɛdɪd|, U.S. |ˈˌsupərənˈlɛdəd|
[‹ super- prefix + unleaded adj.]
A. adj. Designating or relating to a grade of unleaded petrol with an octane rating higher than ordinary unleaded petrol, achieved by the addition of aromatic hydrocarbons.
[1977Business Week 31 Jan. 38/3 Brisk sales of Shell Oil Co.'s Super Regular unleaded, which is 94.5 octane, has forced other companies to up their octanes.] 1978Wall St. Jrnl. 9 Aug. 8/2 Mobil Corp...announced that by early November it would be selling a new ‘super’ unleaded premium gasoline. 1990G. G. Liddy Monkey Handlers xviii. 298 Michael Stone slid the Mustang up to the superunleaded pump at Buckley's Texaco. 1998Economist 21 Mar. 41/2 Duties on cleaner fuels have been cut or frozen, while there are increased duties on super-unleaded petrol and diesel, both of which contain known carcinogens.
B. n. Super-unleaded petrol.
1979Oil & Gas Jrnl. (Nexis) 16 Apr. 40 Shell this month will try to take the pressure off its super unleaded by offering..a second, lower octane unleaded product. 1987A. Wimbey & E. L. Jenkins Analyze Organize Write (rev. ed.) iv. 82 Went to Exxon for gas, self-service pump broken, full-service pump was $1.54 for super unleaded. 1995Which? Sept. 39/2 Motorists who use super-unleaded unnecessarily could save money—about 5 pence per litre at current prices—if they chose premium unleaded. |