Usually means: Measure of diesel fuel ignition quality.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. cetane number: Merriam-Webster
  2. cetane number: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cetane number: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cetane number: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cetane number: Wiktionary
  6. cetane number: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. cetane number: Dictionary.com
  8. Cetane number: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. cetane number: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cetane number: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Cetane Number: Glossary of Terms on Engines and Emissions
  3. Glossary of Energy Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (cetane number)

noun:  A performance rating of diesel fuel corresponding to the percentage of cetane in a mixture with isocetane (or, formerly, methylnaphthalene) that would have the same performance.

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