avgas
See also: av-gas
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editA blend of aviation + gasoline.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editavgas (countable and uncountable, plural avgases or avgasses)
- (aviation) Gasoline fuel for piston-engined aircraft.
- Synonyms: 100LL, 94UL
- Hypernyms: petrol, gasoline, gas (especially North America)
- Coordinate terms: mogas, autogas; avtur, jet fuel
- 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 with Thomas W. Wild, 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, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, The AOPA pilot: voice of general aviation, volume 49:
- Autogas can be obtained for a fraction of the cost of avgas, but its use is not without controversy.
Swedish
editEtymology
editNoun
editavgas c
Declension
editDeclension of avgas | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | avgas | avgasen | avgaser | avgaserna |
Genitive | avgas | avgasens | avgasers | avgasernas |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- avgas in Svensk ordbok.
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