gasoline
noun
a volatile, flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, and used as fuel for internal-combustion engines, as a solvent, etc.
gasolines
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pluralof gasoline.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Isobutylene is used in the production of isooctane, a component of some gasolines.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
But the Los Angeles-based company knows that California is about to set new fuel standards that will require all oil companies in the state to reformulate their gasolines or switch to alternative fuels.
From Time Magazine Archive
The trouble is that the converter is eventually gummed up and rendered useless by the tetraethyl lead in present-day gasolines.
From Time Magazine Archive
Reacting to charges that leaded gasolines are a prime source of air pollution, the Buffalo city council has adopted the nation's first anti-lead ordinance.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lastly, it was doomed by the advent of high octane gasolines, first used while it was still in the development stage.
From The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928 by Robert B. Meyer
