isooctane

See also: iso-octane

English

Etymology

iso- +‎ octane

Noun

isooctane (countable and uncountable, plural isooctanes)

  1. (chemistry) any isomer of n-octane; especially 2,2,4-trimethylpentane, used as a reference in the determination of the octane number of fuel
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