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Meanings of lead tetraethyl in English

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A clear oily poisonous liquid added to gasoline to prevent knocking.

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        Examples for "tetraethyl lead"
        1
        A chemist delivered a small amount of tetraethyl lead, or TEL, on the morning of Dec. 9.
        Wired
        2
        Five years earlier, a chemical engineer working for General Motors had discovered that tetraethyl lead cured a stubborn knocking problem in the car engines.
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        3
        David Turner, a former sales and marketing director for tetraethyl lead, pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court on Jan. 17 and is awaiting sentencing.
        Reuters
        4
        Tetraethyl lead was nothing new back then; it was actually a 19th century discovery from European laboratories.
        Wired