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triptane

[ trip-teyn ]

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.

triptane

/ ˈtrɪpteɪn /

noun

  1. a colourless highly flammable liquid alkane hydrocarbon, isomeric with heptane, used in aviation fuel; 2,2,3-trimethylbutane. Formula: CH 3 C(CH 3 ) 2 CH(CH 3 )CH 3
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of triptane1

1940–45; tri(methyl) b(u)tane (with p for b before t ). See tri-, methyl
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Word History and Origins

Origin of triptane1

C20: shortened and altered from trimethylbutane ; see tri- , methyl , butane

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