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false | gasoline |

As adjectives the difference between false and gasoline

is that false is (label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic while gasoline is made from or using gasoline.

As a noun gasoline is

(uncountable|north america) a flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, mainly used as a motor fuel; petrol.

false

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1551, year_published=1888
    • , title= A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society , section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}
  • Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation
  • Spurious, artificial.
  • :
  • *
  • *:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
  • (lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
  • Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
  • :
  • Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
  • :
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
  • Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
  • :
  • *(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
  • *:whose false foundation waves have swept away
  • Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
  • (lb) Out of tune.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of two options on a true-or-false test.

    • Synonyms

    * * See also

    Antonyms

    * (untrue) real, true

    Derived terms

    * false attack * false dawn * false friend * falsehood * falseness * falsify * falsity

    Related terms

    * falsifiable

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Not truly; not honestly; falsely.
  • * Shakespeare
    • You play me false .

    Anagrams

    * * 1000 English basic words ----

    gasoline

    English

    (wikipedia gasoline)

    Alternative forms

    * gasolene (archaic in America, but not in Jamaica)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable, North America) A flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, mainly used as a motor fuel; petrol.
  • * 1991 , :
    • So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline ?
  • * 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/nyregion/new-jersey-continues-to-cope-with-hurricane-sandy.html?hp]," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):
    • Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare.
  • (countable) A certain kind of gasoline.
    • The quality of automobile gasolines varies considerably from one country and producer to another.
    The X refinery produces a wide range of gasolines .

    Usage notes

    Gasoline is defined by its combustion properties rather than by chemical composition, which is quite variable.

    Synonyms

    * gas (North America) * petrol (qualifier)

    Derived terms

    * gas (North America)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Made from or using gasoline.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=1 citation , passage=If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] .}}

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