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Antiknock

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Noun

1. antiknock

any of various compounds that are added to gasoline to reduce engine knocking

Adjective

2. antiknock, antiknocking

suppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion engines

Example Sentences:
'antiknock properties'
'antiknock rating'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Antiknock

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noun
a compound, such as lead tetraethyl, added to petrol to reduce knocking in the engine

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Antiknock

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noun
a substance added to the fuel of internal-combustion engines to reduce or eliminate explosive noise resulting from too rapid combustion

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Antiknock

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n.
A substance, such as tetraethyl lead, added to gasoline to reduce engine knock.

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