English-French translations for octane

• octane
  Il est fort probable, Monsieur Kirkhope, que le Conseil ne roule pas avec un carburant à indice d’octane élevé, contrairement au président de la Commission. It might very well be, Mr Kirkhope, that the Council does not operate on high octane, unlike the President of the Commission.

Definition of octane

• Any of the eighteen isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons found in petroleum, especially an iso-octane 2,2,4 trimethyl-pentane; they are used as fuels and solvents

Related words

• cyclooctane
• high-octane
• octane number
• octane rating
• 1-octanecarboxylic acid
• high octane gasoline