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Definition of Antiknock

1. Noun. Any of various compounds that are added to gasoline to reduce engine knocking.

2. Adjective. Suppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion engines. "Antiknock rating"

Definition of Antiknock

1. Adjective. of an additive added to petroleum/gasoline to reduce the occurrence of engine knock. ¹

2. Noun. Such a substance, usually tetraethyl lead (also MMT, MTBE and ethanol) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Antiknock

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antiknock

antijunta antikaon antikaons antiketogenesis antiketogenic antikick antikickback antikidnap antikidnapping antiking

antikings antikink antikinks antikissing antiklan antiknock (current term) antiknocks antilabor antilabour antilambda

antilambdas antilanguage antilanguages antilapse antilatency antilatent antilaundering antilawyer antileak antileakage

Literary usage of Antiknock

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

1. Interagency Assessment of Oxygenated Fuelsedited by John H. Gibbons edited by John H. Gibbons (1999)
"antiknock Quality The octane value posted on retail gasoline pumps is the average of the "Research" (RON or R) and "Motor" (MON or M) octane numbers, ..."

2. Transportation Expressions (1996) by Richard Feldman (1998)
"... (DOES) Finished Leaded Premium Motor Gasoline: Motor gasoline having an antiknock index, calculated as (R+M)/2, greater than 90 and containing more than ..."

3. The Motor Gasoline Industry: Past, Present & Future by Robert Schmer (2000)
"In a test engine, the antiknock performance of a gasoline component with an ... A motor fuel with most of its antiknock characteristics confined to the ..."

4. National Transportation Statistics (1997) by Marilyn Gross, Richard Feldman (1998)
"Included are the following: A gasoline having an antiknock index (R + M)/2 ... Motor gasoline having an antiknock index, calculated as (R + M)/2 of 87, ..."

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