autogasn.1
/ˈɔːtə(ʊ)ɡas/, U.S. /ˈɔdəˌɡæs/, /ˈɔdoʊˌɡæs/, /ˈɑdəˌɡæs/, /ˈɑdoʊˌɡæs/ U.S.
Petrol, esp. as contrasted with aviation fuel. Cf. gas n.2
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > chemical fuel > [noun] > liquid
naphthec1384
naphtha1543
paraffin1851
kerosene1854
octylene1857
shale-oil1857
coal oil1859
gasoline1863
octane1867
octene1868
octyne1877
gas1878
liquid fuel1889
petrol1895
mazut1897
white fuel1901
diesel oil1905
autogas1908
juice1909
sauce1918
power kerosene1919
petroil1921
ethyl1923
lox1923
kero1930
isooctane1932
high-octane1933
hi-octane1933
Calor1936
pool petrol1939
super1939
pool1940
derv1948
platformate1949
mixture1952
diesel1953
Mapp gas1962
gasohol1971
super unleaded1975
synoil1976
synjet1979
biodiesel1986
Orimulsion1987
1908 Lima (Ohio) Daily News 8 Aug. The Auto Gas Company..is controlled by the Avery Portable Lighting Company.., manufacturers of auto gas.
1931 Flying Mag. Aug. 55/1 We must be sure that we are getting aviation gas and not auto gas.
1980 Flying Mag. June 9/1 Meanwhile, the Experimental Aircraft Association is continuing its evaluation of the effects of auto gas in small-aircraft engines.
2007 R. Carpentier Opposite Way xiii. 134 ‘Don't they use aviation fuel?’ ‘They can get by on auto gas,’ said Gannon.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
autogasn.2
/ˈɔːtə(ʊ)ɡas/, U.S. /ˈɔdəˌɡæs/, /ˈɔdoʊˌɡæs/, /ˈɑdəˌɡæs/, /ˈɑdoʊˌɡæs/ 1. U.S. Exhaust gas and fumes from a car engine.
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the world > matter > gas > [noun] > fumes or vapour > noxious vapour or gas > other noxious vapours or gases
sewer-gas1849
autogas1914
exhaust fumes1937
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > [noun] > motor vehicle > expressing speed or acceleration > exhaust fumes
autogas1914
exhaust fumes1937
1914 Alaska Citizen (Fairbanks) 23 Mar. (headline) Auto gas puts end to ground squirrels.
1959 Jet 31 Dec. 44 A 34-year-old married Chicago Sex Bureau detective..apparently died of poison auto gas fumes following a love tryst with a Veterans Administration stenographer in a garage.
2003 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) (Nexis) 29 Aug. a4/3 (headline) EPA [= Environmental Protection Agency] says it can't control auto gases.
2. A mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons in the liquid state, typically used as a car fuel; liquefied petroleum gas. Autogas is typically based on propane, butane, or a combination of the two.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > chemical fuel > [noun] > gaseous, vaporous, or vaporized
oxyhydrogen1823
acetylene1860
isobutane1876
albo-carbon1878
mixture1878
producer gas1883
astatki1885
hydrazine1887
oxy-gas1900
oxyacetylene1907
suction gas1907
propane gas1930
oxy-propane1963
oxy-fuel1967
syngas1975
autogas1982
1982 Gas Engin. & Managem. 22 255/2 What is Autogas? In most Western European countries it is understood to mean a mixture of propane and butane in the liquid state. In the Netherlands Autogas comprises (in the winter) propane 70, butane 30, and in the summer propane 30, [etc.].
1992 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 30 Dec. 10 These measures, coupled with the fact that autogas is less efficient than petrol, will cause an effective price difference between gas and petrol of only six to 10 cents a litre, in favor of gas.
2009 Alternative Fuels (Saddleback Educational Publishing) 39/2 Cars running on autogas produce less carbon monoxide, fewer nitrogen oxides, and less ozone.
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