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  • adjective Not of or pertaining to gasoline.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ gasoline

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Examples

  • The agency said the mpg equivalent expresses the energy consumption of a nongasoline vehicle in terms of how many miles the vehicle could go ... if it used the same amount of gasoline energy as it used of the nongasoline fuel energy.

    Nissan Discloses Leaf Mike Ramsey 2010

  • The agency said the mpg equivalent "expresses the energy consumption of a nongasoline vehicle in terms of how many miles the vehicle could go ... if it used the same amount of gasoline energy as it used of the nongasoline fuel energy."

    WSJ.com: What's News US 2010

  • Second, the most significant hurdle to beginning the shift to nongasoline-based cars is the lack of an infrastructure to distribute the alternative energy, whether it is electricity -- plug-in hybrids -- or natural gas or even hydrogen.

    Peak Energy 2009

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