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rv - it is a reasonable disambig line as the pronunciation is very similar, but lets change the inflamible liquid part and deemphasise the formating |
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:''Petrol (petroleum spirit) redirects here. For the seabird, see [[petrel]], spelt with an 'e'.''
'''Gasoline''', as it is known in [[North America]], or '''petrol''' (abbreviated from ''petroleum spirit''), in many [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth countries]] (sometimes also called '''motor spirit''') is a [[petroleum]]-derived [[liquid]] mixture consisting primarily of [[hydrocarbon]]s, used as [[fuel]] in [[internal combustion engine]]s. The term ''gasoline'' is commonly used within the oil industry, even within companies that are not American. The word "gasoline" is commonly shortened in [[colloquial]] usage to "gas". The term ''mogas'', short for ''motor gasoline'', for use in cars is used to distinguish it from [[avgas]], ''aviation gasoline'' used in (light) [[aircraft]]. This should be distinguished in usage from genuinely [[gaseous]] fuels used in internal combustion engines such as [[Liquified_petroleum_gas|LPG]].
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