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English → English (gcide) Definition: C8H18 octane \oc"tane\ ([o^]k"t[=a]n), n. [See Octa-] (Chem.) Any one of a group of metametric hydrocarbons (C8H18) of the methane (paraffin) series. The most important is a colorless, volatile, inflammable liquid, found in petroleum, and a constituent of gasoline or ligroin. [1913 Webster +PJC] Dibutyl \Di*bu"tyl\, n. [Pref. di- + butyl.] (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C8H18, of the marsh-gas series, being one of several octanes, and consisting of two butyl radicals. Cf. Octane. [1913 Webster]