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語源 1

Blend of automotive +‎ gas.

名詞

autogas (countable and uncountable, plural autogases or autogasses)

1. (US, Canada, 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 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, The AOPA pilot: voice of general aviation, volume 49, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association:

     Autogas can be obtained for a fraction of the cost of avgas, but its use is not without controversy.

同意語

• (aviation): mogas

等位語

• (aviation): avgas

参考

• Avgas (section on use of automotive gasoline) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• jet fuel
• diesel fuel
• rocket fuel

語源 2

Blend of automotive +‎ gas (originally a trade name "Autogas", but now a common noun)

名詞

autogas (countable and uncountable, plural autogases or autogasses)

1. (UK, Australia) Synonym of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
   • 2005, Cars of the Future: Seventeenth Report of Session 2003-04 (British House of Commons):

     Petrol ... 20.3% more than autogas ... The results conclusively demonstrate the carbon benefits of autogas vehicles

   • 2006, Class of 2006: industry report cards on environment and social responsibility (United Nations Environment Programme. Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics ):

     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 with Agnes F Vandome and John McBrewster, Autogas:

     Autogas is the common name for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) when it is used as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles.

参考

• Autogas (for UK and Australian sense) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• agoutas