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Definition of Gasolene
1. Noun. A volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines.
Substance meronyms: Gasohol
Specialized synonyms: Leaded Gasoline, Leaded Petrol, Napalm, Unleaded Gasoline, Unleaded Petrol
Generic synonyms: Fuel, Hydrocarbon
Derivative terms: Gasify
Definition of Gasolene
1. n. See Gasoline.
Definition of Gasolene
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of gasoline) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gasolene
1. gasoline [n -S] - See also: gasoline
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gasolene
Literary usage of Gasolene
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annotated Cases, American and English by H Noyes Greene, William Mark McKinney, David Shephard Garland (1918)
"Warranted by assured that no artificial light be permitted in the room when the
reser%-oir is being filled, and no gasolene, except that contained in said ..."
2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1909)
"By § 3 the flash test was not to be applied to gasolene or other ... It was
further provided in the section that "all gasolene to be used in vapor stoves ..."
3. The Horseless Age (1904)
"The next time the filter is used the dirt strained from the gasolene the last
... Because of the small openings through which gasolene must pass on its way ..."
4. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"If the tank is over 10000 gal. capacity, it should be designed as illustrated in
Art. 242c. 244. gasolene Tanks.—Local building regulations should be ..."
5. Rudder by Thomas Fleming Day (1912)
"Sometimes the quality of the gasolene fluctuates, that is, ... I don't mean the
gasolene in the tank, by this, but when refilling the tank, there might be ..."
6. Irrigation in the United States by Frederick Haynes Newell (1906)
"PUMPING BY STEAM AND gasolene. Where the conditions are favorable, ... gasolene
engines are being largely employed where coal and wood for fuel are ..."
7. Automobile Driving Self-taught: An Exhaustive Treatise on the Operation by Thomas Herbert Russell (1909)
"To a great extent the gasolene consumption is under the control of the driver,
but very often slight leaks in the gasolene system are responsible for a ..."
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