mileage per gallon

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• Miles per gallon — (MPG) is a metric term that measures how many miles a vehicle can travel on one gallon of fuel. It is used similarly in North America and the United Kingdom, although the Imperial gallon used in the UK is about 20% larger than the U.S.… …   Wikipedia

• Miles per gallon of gasoline equivalent — (MPGe) is a unit of measurement that relates efficiencies of different systems to the traditional unit of measurement for fuel efficiency (miles per gallon of gasoline).DescriptionMPGe is based on the quantity of heat energy that can be obtained… …   Wikipedia

• gallon — gal‧lon [ˈgælən] noun [countable] 1. a unit for measuring liquids, equal to 4.5435 litres: • A price increase of 2p on a litre of petrol is equal to a rise of more than 9p a gallon. • a 12.6 million gallon cargo of industrial oil 2. a unit for… …   Financial and business terms

• Mileage — Mile age (m[imac]l [asl]j; 48), n. 1. An allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile. [1913 Webster] 2. Aggregate length or distance in miles; esp., the sum of lengths of tracks or wires of a railroad company, telegraph company,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• mileage — /ˈmaɪlɪdʒ / (say muylij) noun 1. the total length or distance expressed in miles. 2. an aggregate number of miles or kilometres. 3. an allowance for travelling expenses, at a specified rate per mile or kilometre. 4. a ratio based on distance and… …  

• mileage — mile|age [ˈmaılıdʒ] n 1.) [C usually singular, U] the number of miles a vehicle has travelled since it was made ▪ Always check the mileage before you buy a secondhand car. 2.) [C usually singular, U] the number of miles someone travels in a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• mileage — ☆ mileage [mīl′ij ] n. 1. an allowance for traveling expenses at a specified amount per mile 2. aggregate distance in miles or total number of miles traveled, recorded, etc. 3. rate per mile, as in allowing for travel expenses or in charging for… …   English World dictionary

• Constructive mileage — Mileage Mile age (m[imac]l [asl]j; 48), n. 1. An allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile. [1913 Webster] 2. Aggregate length or distance in miles; esp., the sum of lengths of tracks or wires of a railroad company, telegraph… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• mileage — noun Date: 1754 1. an allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile 2. aggregate length or distance in miles: as a. the total miles traveled especially in a given period of time b. the amount of service that something will yield… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Gasoline gallon equivalent — (GGE) or gasoline equivalent gallon (GEG) is the amount of alternative fuel it takes to equal the energy content of one liquid gallon of gasoline. GGE is a way of comparing equivalent amounts of fuel based on their energy content. Compressed… …   Wikipedia

• fuel mileage — A measurement or calculation of the number of miles per amount of fuel usually measured in miles per gallon …   Dictionary of automotive terms