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OCTANE NUMBER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A measure of the antiknock properties of gasoline
Synonyms:
octane number; octane rating
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("octane number" is a kind of...):
amount; measure; quantity (how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify)