avgas

See also: av-gas

English

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Etymology

A blend of aviation + gasoline.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈævˌɡæs/

Noun

avgas (countable and uncountable, plural avgases or avgasses)

  1. (aviation) Gasoline fuel for piston-engined 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, 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.

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Swedish

Etymology

av- + gas

Noun

avgas c

  1. exhaust gas

Declension

Declension of avgas 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative avgas avgasen avgaser avgaserna
Genitive avgas avgasens avgasers avgasernas

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