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cetane number

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables
cetane num-ber
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A performance rating of diesel fuel corresponding to the percentage of cetane in a mixture with isocetane (or, formerly, methylnaphthalene) that would have the same performance.

Inflected Forms

cetane numbers (plural)

Phrases

octane number

Frequently Paired Words

octane number

Questions

What does cetane number mean?
A performance rating of diesel fuel corresponding to the percentage of cetane in a mixture with isocetane (or, formerly, methylnaphthalene) that would have the same performance.

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