avgas

See also: av-gas

English

Alternative forms

• av-gas

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.

   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

avgaser från ett avgasrör [exhaust [exhaust gases] from an exhaust pipe]

Etymology

av- +‎ gas

Noun

avgas c

1. (often in the plural) exhaust gas, exhaust

   höga halter av avgaser i luften

   high levels of exhaust fumes in the air

Declension

Declension of avgas

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	avgas	avgas
	definite	avgasen	avgasens
plural	indefinite	avgaser	avgasers
	definite	avgaserna	avgasernas

Derived terms

• avgasrening
• avgasrör

References

• avgas in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• avgas in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• svaga