Definition of Leaded gasoline

1. Noun. 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"

Exact synonyms: Leaded Petrol
Generic synonyms: Gas, Gasolene, Gasoline, Petrol
Antonyms: Unleaded Gasoline

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leaded Gasoline

lead sulphate
lead tetraethyl
lead tetroxide
lead the line
lead time
lead times
lead tree
lead up
lead up the garden path
lead vocalist
lead vocals
leadamalgam
leade
leaded
leaded bronze
leaded gasoline (current term)
leaded type
leaden
leadened
leadening
leadenly
leadenness
leadennesses
leadens
leader
leader board
leader boards
leader of the free world
leader peptide
leader sequence

Literary usage of Leaded gasoline

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Environment in the Transition to a Market Economy: Progress in Central and by Anthony Zamparutti, Centre for Co-operation with Non-members (1999)
"Pan-European strategy to phase out leaded gasoline At the Third "Environment for Europe" Conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, in October l995, ministers supported ..."

2. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"leaded gasoline and lead in food, but not lead-based paint, are strongly associated ... Most soil lead and house dust are associated with leaded gasoline. ..."

3. Environmental Financing in the Russian Federation by Centre for Co-operation with Non-members (1998)
"For example, in 1995, it was decided to discontinue the sale of leaded gasoline in Nizhniy Novgorod. Keeping in mind that 90 per cent of the city's gasoline ..."

4. Energy policies of IEA countries by Iea, International Energy Agency (1999)
"Hungary has also phased out regular leaded gasoline. Unleaded gasoline production started in 1989 and increased from 1% to 72% in 1997. ..."

5. Environmental Investments: The Cost of a Clean Environmentby Alan Carlin by Alan Carlin (1994)
"The second O&M component—the fuel price penalty—reflects the pnce differential between unleaded and leaded gasoline. Historically, the price of unleaded ..."

6. Personal Cars and China =: Si Ren Jiao Che Yu Zhongguo by National Research Council (U.S.), Zhongguo gong cheng yuan (2003)
"The gasoline quality standards include a nationwide ban on leaded gasoline, effective January 2000, which apparently is being observed and enforced. ..."

7. Cost Effective Regulation by EPA and Small Business Impacts: Includes (1993)
"The shift from a pooled average over all gasoline to a standard based on lead per gallon of leaded gasoline was designed to keep the current overall ..."

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