• Autogas

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    autogas

    (uncountable)
    1. (US, aviation) Automotive gasoline suitable for use in piston-engined gasoline powered aircraft.
      • 1988, Kas Thomas, Fuel and oil systems: basic and advanced light plane maintenance, Cylinder cracks are nothing new, however, and there is no reason to expect autogas-burning engines to have a higher incidence of head cracking than avgas-users
      • 1994, Michael J. Kroes, Aircraft powerplants, In the area of autogas volatility, a Reid vapor pressure of 9.0 to 15 is very common, compared to the vapor pressure of avgas, which is 5.5 to 7
      • 2006, Autogas can be obtained for a fraction of the cost of avgas, but its use is not without controversy.

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    Origin 2

    UK automotivegas (originally a trade name "Autogas", but now a common noun)

    Noun

    autogas

    (uncountable)
    1. (UK, Australia) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
      • 2005, Petrol ... 20.3% more than autogas ... The results conclusively demonstrate the carbon benefits of autogas vehicles
      • 2006, Autogas powers more than 10 million vehicles in over 54 countries worldwide .... In terms of air-borne emissions of the principal regulated noxious gases, autogas is among the lowest emitters of all ...
      • 2009, Frederic P Miller, Autogas, Autogas is the common name for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) when it is used as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles.
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