Antiknock
noting or pertaining to a substance, as or , used as a fuel additive for an internal-combustion engine to eliminate or minimize .
such a substance added to fuel in an internal-combustion engine.
noun
a compound, such as lead tetraethyl, added to petrol to reduce knocking in the engine
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