单词 | autogas |
释义 | autogasn.1 U.S. Petrol, esp. as contrasted with aviation fuel. Cf. gas n.2 ΘΚΠ 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 1. U.S. Exhaust gas and fumes from a car engine. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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