(from the article `petroleum refining`) The advent of leaded, or ethyl, gasoline led to the manufacture of high-octane fuels and became universally employed throughout the world after World ...
Leaded gasoline: See: Tetraethyl lead.
[n] - gasoline treated with a lead compound to reduce motor knocks
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`