amount of fuel
collocation in Englishmeaningsofamountandfuel
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amount
noun[C]
uk/əˈmaʊnt/us/əˈmaʊnt/
a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ...
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fuel
noun
uk/ˈfjuː.əl/us/ˈfjuː.əl/
a substance that is used to provide heat or power, usually by ...
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(Definition ofamountandfuelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theamountoffuelallowed has been rationed at 14 lbs.
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Theamountoffuelwas varied between the four capsules to change the yield, implosion velocity, and shell thickness.
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Process emissions are not related to theamountoffuelused but are related to the total output produced.
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We cannot say that turning the spacecraft uses up a certainamountoffuel, or that taking an image uses a certain amount of power or data storage.
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For example, in a turn operation, theamountoffuelconsumed is a function of the angular distance between the current and target orientations of the spacecraft.
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Grassland fires were usually fast and relatively cool; whereas fires among ericaceous vegetation were intense due to theamountoffuelavailable.
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This is most likely due to the lowamountoffuelload (grass biomass) and high percentage of bare soil close to the boundary of the patches.
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Now, our past fuel troubles have stemmed from the need to find each year the extraamountoffuelto meet the rising demand.
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In other words, someone may be ill but theamountoffuelwhich they have would last for a few days.
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Some 12,000 delegates have made their way there and it is alarming to think of theamountoffuelthat has been consumed.
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There is quite a largeamountoffueloil in this country, and if industrialists wish to convert to oil they can do so.
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After all, four star red accounts for a very small percentage of the overallamountoffuelused.
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One can save a vastamountoffueljust by driving correctly.
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At the moment, theamountoffuelcoming into this country is the same as last year.
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Obviously we keep our eye on theamountoffuelwe use because of the cost involved.
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Theamountoffuelused in badly insulated houses rapidly accelerates as the temperature drops and this is shown as an exponential on a graph.
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He pointed out that the combine harvesters, tractors and grain driers might suddenly need a massiveamountoffuel.
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An astronomicalamountoffuelis burned in domestic heating stoves.
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That complaint occurred because the fire was incorrectly installed and used five times the normalamountoffuel.
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One of the biggest single costs to the airline industry is theamountoffuelused on a journey.
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That is true, but it overlooks the fact that, for the sameamountoffuel, a diesel car will go a lot further.
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