antiknocking


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Adj.1.antiknocking - suppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion engines; "antiknock properties"; "antiknock rating"
antiknock
leaded - treated or mixed with lead; "leaded gasoline"; "leaded zinc"
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Pb is mainly transferred to the animals through air with automobiles exhaust along roadsides, because it is used as antiknocking agent in petrol.
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