avgas

noun

av·​gas ˈav-ˌgas How to pronounce avgas (audio)
: gasoline for airplanes

Examples of avgas in a Sentence

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Leaded fuel, or avgas, was banned from cars in the 1980s due to its health dangers, particularly its effect on children’s brains, but is still used in small piston-engine planes. Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2024 The new avgas endangerment finding does not carry any regulatory or legal weight itself. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Oct. 2023 With the new findings, the EPA argues that leaded avgas endangers public health and welfare under the Clean Air Act—and because of this, the US could finally see its first-ever avgas lead limitations. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Oct. 2023 The avgas market is dominated by about eight US refineries and one (troubled) UK company producing the world’s supply of tetraethyl lead. Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 16 June 2022 Lead was banished from U.S. gasoline 25 years ago, but it is still found in nearly all avgas, the fuel for many propeller planes. Matt Grossman, WSJ, 10 July 2022 Local officials are not backing down from their ban on refueling with leaded avgas at Santa Clara County’s airports. Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 16 June 2022

Word History

Etymology

aviation gasoline

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of avgas was in 1943

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“Avgas.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/avgas. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.

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