Usually means: Hydrocarbon used in gasoline rating.
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  1. octane: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  10. octane: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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noun:  (organic chemistry) Any of the eighteen isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons (C₈H₁₈) found in petroleum, especially an iso-octane 2,2,4 trimethyl-pentane; they are used as fuels and solvents.
noun:  octane number

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