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low-test

American  
[loh-test] / ˈloʊˈtɛst /

adjective

  1. (of gasoline) boiling at a comparatively high temperature.

low-test Scientific  

  1. Relating to gasoline with low volatility and a high boiling point.

Etymology

Origin of low-test

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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The lamps had long been out, but the odour of low-test kerosene still hung about the closed living-room where the same four people sat in council.

From Where the Trail Divides by Lillibridge, Will

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