octane

See also: Octane

English

Etymology

octo- +‎ -ane

Pronunciation

enPR: ŏk'tān, IPA^(key): /ˈɒk.teɪn/

Noun

octane (plural octanes)

(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.

Coordinate terms

octyl

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons

Chinese:
Mandarin: 辛烷 (zh) (xīnwàn)
Czech: oktan (cs) m
Dutch: octaan (nl)
Esperanto: oktano
Finnish: oktaani (fi)
French: octane (fr) m
German: Octan (de) n
Icelandic: oktan n
Ido: oktano (io)
Italian: ottano (it) m

Japanese: オクタン (okutan)
Norwegian: oktan n
Persian: اکتان‎ (fa) (oktân)
Polish: oktan (pl) m
Portuguese: octano (pt) m
Russian: окта́н (ru) m (oktán)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: о̀кта̄н m

Roman: òktān (sh) m
Spanish: octano m
Swedish: oktan (sv) n

Anagrams

Acteon, at once

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