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leaded gasoline

DEFINITIONS OF: leaded gasoline

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n gasoline treated with a lead compound to reduce motor knocks

“combustion of leaded gasoline released lead into the air where it could cause lead poisoning”
Synonyms:
leaded petrol
Antonyms:
unleaded gasoline, unleaded petrol
gasoline that has not been treated with a lead compound
Type of:
gas, gasolene, gasoline, petrol
a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
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