A gaseous substance, especially one that is a constituent of air, or is formed by the combustion of a substance, or is a product of a chemical reaction
To amuse oneself with foolish talk or humour
An invisible, odourless, colourless fluid, a mixture of several substances, which is emitted by volcanoes and certain other geological phenomena, and is lighter than air
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: The generality of the houses, moreover, offer something attractive in the fine arts; and in returning home on an evening, the city, the bridges, and the Mill-dam are very well lighted, not indeed with "gas", but with reflecting lamps, and none of that fierce and blinding tenuity of light, which is apt to disgust the observer, and deprive him of the power of distinguishing objects
An elastic fluid, generally colourless and odourless, which is a mixture of several substances, mainly oxygen and nitrogen, which is gaseous at ordinary temperatures and is essential to the life of most animals
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: Our churches, our school rooms, our sleeping apartments, as things are now, are repositories of poison, where deleterious "gases" are carefully collected and retained as if they were laden with the costliest perfumes, and concealed among tIm cir partides the seeds of death and destruction
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: Clear as crystal) sparkling with carbonic acid "gas", and effervescing quite as much as champagne, it was nevertheless miserably cold; and the first morning, what with the gas, and what with the low temperature of this cold iron water, it was about as bracing as a glass of ice-cold soda water on a chilly morning
An elastic fluid, notably one of the four substances constituting the atmosphere ( along with nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and water vapour ). it is colourless, odourless, and highly flammable, and is a constituent of many organic compounds
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: In these cases, it is found necessary to admit the air heated to a proper temperature, without allowing it to come in contact with the fuel, and entirely separated from that which passes through the grate, that it may retain its full amount of oxygen up to the moment it mingles with the gas
An elemental substance that is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas at room temperature, and is a constituent of the air
Methane, or any hydrocarbon of the alkane series, especially as used in natural gas or as a fuel
An intangible, colourless, odourless fluid, generally a mixture of several substances, which expands freely to fill any space available, irrespective of its quantity
A substance ( usually a gas ) which is a constituent of a mixture, or is generated by the decomposition or reaction of another substance
An amount of gas, especially in a container of liquid
A type of lighting using this mixture
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: The amount of air condensed by these forces upon a square inch of surface is certainly not measurable; but when a solid body, presenting several hundred square feet of surface within the space of a cubic inch, is brought into a limited volume of gas, we may understand why that volume is condensed into a drop of water
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: And here, writing in the very noon of "gas" and steam, I do deliberately say, after all my experience of cars and boats, that for a private party of the proper sort nothing is so delightful, so exhilarating, so truly bewitching to travel in, as a steamer of the old-fashioned kind, with the whole ship to yourself, and not a care in the world but to get as much enjoyment out of her as you can
An invisible, odourless, colourless fluid, a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen, which is a constituent of the atmosphere and is also produced by burning carbon or hydrocarbons in the presence of oxygen
A type of explosive made of gasoline, coal gas, or propane and air, used in bombs or as a propellant in rockets and jet engines
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: A chamber lighted with "gas", the walls adorned with pictures -- Henry Clay and Andrew Jackson, framed side by side with the last Opera singer -- and in the centre, a supper table, strewn with the fragments of a luxurious feast, and with some dozen bottles of "the best old Crow" in the country
Methane or other explosive vapour or gas, especially from coal or ore
Amusement, fun, entertainment
Vapour or fumes of any volatile substance, especially methane from marshes or sewers
Mixture of hydrogen and oxygen, forming a colorless, odorless, highly flammable gas at room temperature
A kind of coal gas, used for lighting and heating
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: They are drawn to a small scale, embracing the whole area of the site, and on them are marked the existing boundary walls, sewers, "gas" and water mains, and all the new walls, drains, and water-pipes, and their proposed connection with the existing sewers
A fluid or vapour that expands freely to fill any space available, irrespective of its quantity
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: A small "gas" apparatus, the expense of which would be trifling, could be fitted up, and with the refuse stuff from the kitchens of an oily or greasy nature, the entire Edifice its public halls and saloons, as well as its private apartments could be lighted for a whole year
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: I did not want to show my ignorance, so I made no further objections, but followed Mr. Worhoss down a steep pair of stone steps into a cellar, which was brilliantly lighted up with "gas" lights, and we took our seats in a little box just behind the screen
A gas light
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: This property of absorbing "gases" varies with different kinds of charcoal: it is possessed in a higher degree by those containing the most pores, i.e. where the pores are finer; and in a lower degree in the more spongy kinds, i.e. where the pores are larger
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: If we force a fluid or a "gas" to become suddenly solid, leaving no time for its particles to arrange themselves, and cohere in that direction in which the cohesive attraction is strongest, no crystals will be formed, but the resulting solid will have a different colour, a different lustre, and a different power of fusing, from the original substance
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: But it is not alone by their direct action, that they affect plants injuriously; the putrid gases which they give out, are destructive to the young stems and foliage of plants, in proportion to their strength; such "gases" are, up to a certain point, beneficial to all green-stemmed plants, but beyond that point, they are injurious to all
A fluid or vapour that expands freely to fill any space available, irrespective of its quantity
An invisible, odourless and colourless fluid, a pure chemical compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H2O, which is a constituent of water and many other substances
An explosive mixture of gas and air used in mining and tunnelling
A mixture of hydrogen and oxygen, forming a colourless, odourless, highly flammable gas, produced by the oxidation of hydrogen
Fame, or an individual's reputation
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: If a battery is charged with nitrosulphuric acid, the hydrogen evolved is no longer the equivalent of the zinc expended; in point of fact, the "gas" evolved is no longer hydrogen, but a mixture of hydrogen and the binoxide of nitrogen, as may be readily proved by the following experiment
A gaseous substance
A lighter consisting of a container of highly compressed gas, typically one that is fired by means of an electric current
Vapour or fumes from burning or distilling organic matter, especially cannabis or opium
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: the mere effect of mass, -- the force of gravity, -- gaseous molecules are attracted by solids and adhere to their surfaces; and when to this physical force is added the feeblest chemical affinity, the liquifiable "gases" can not retain their gaseous state, but are at once absorbed, or at least their component atoms are
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: Yet, upon an increase of temperature, the glaciers of the Alps, and the icy pinnacles of the Arctic circles, disappear; and, by a degree of heat still higher, would be resolved into vapor; and by other agencies still, might be separated into two invisible " gases, " —to use the language of the chemist
Lighter fluid that is lighter than air and fills a space in a sealed container, such as a gas lamp or a hot-air balloon
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: The power by which liquids hold gaseous substances in solution is diminished by heat, and as soon as a liquid boils all extraneous gas is carried away, because, under those circumstances, the vapour which is generated by the heat, passing in bubbles through the mass of the liquid, carries the gaseous substance with it
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: Again, if ammoniacal "gas" is reduced by a compressing force to one-sixth of its volume, or carbonic acid is reduced to one thirty-sixth, a portion of them loses entirely the form of a gas, and becomes a liquid, which, when cooled, forms ice
Methane or other hydrocarbon gas mixture, especially as used in internal combustion engines
A gaseous substance, or a liquid or solid that vaporizes easily
A gaseous substance
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: I determined by weighing the zinc plate how much was expended in evolving a given quantity of "gas"; and then successively adding sulphuric acid until the total amount had reached eight drachms, it appeared that in each instance it required very nearly 1-79 grains of zinc to make 8 drachms of "gas " ( i.e
An elementary substance that is a gas at room temperature and pressure, such as oxygen or nitrogen
A fossil fuel consisting of porous rock containing combustible gas
An explosive mixture of firedamp with air
An elemental substance that is a constituent of the universe, and can not be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another
A substance that expands freely to fill any space available, irrespective of its quantity
An odorless, colorless, flammable gaseous substance, important in chemistry and manufacturing, and present in natural gas and in the air
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: It was supposed to be unfathomable; the bubbles on its surface, the consequence of the escape of carbonic acid "gas", were regarded as the ebullitions of boiling water, and thus it was believed that the sea boiled in the lowest depths, and forced up islands through the agency of these subterraneous eruptions
An odourless, colourless, flammable gaseous substance which is a constituent of the air we breathe and is a vital component of the global carbon cycle
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: On further examination he found a basket, the remains of food, three or four empty bottles and drinking-cups, one or two full bottles, and a phial containing a small quantity of dark-colored liquid, with the qualities of which he did not think it prudent to make himself acquainted, from the danger of its being explosive
A mixture of hydrocarbons and other compounds produced by the dry distillation of organic matter such as coal or shale, that is to say, heating it in the absence of oxygen
An intangible, colourless, odourless fluid, generally a constituent of the air we breathe, a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen
Laughter
Mixture of vapors, usually methane ( CH₄ ) and carbon dioxide ( CO₂ ), produced by burning fossil fuels or wood, and used as a heating and lighting fuel
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: The second floor contains workingrooms for the boys, dormitories, rooms for the sick, and offices, matrons'apartments, &c.; The whole house is lighted by "gas", and is supplied with water from the city works, two most important conveniences in a large building of this description
Gasoline
An obsolete term for a gaseous substance
A type of lighting fixture using this mixture, and the illumination it provides
An intangible, colourless fluid substance that expands freely to fill any space available, irrespective of its quantity
A substance, typically a gas, which is a product of combustion or is emitted by a burning substance
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: -- Her remarks were copiously interspersed with oaths, which, out of respect for the reader's feelings and our own credit, we omit: -- " Well, gals and fellers, being as how my Mike here has been a blowin'off his " -- `` That's gas, '' said the man with the red head
A gaseous substance, especially one which is a constituent of the atmosphere, such as oxygen or carbon dioxide
An acidic vapour, such as sulphur dioxide
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: The old walls, ceilings, fireplaces, and furniture were tolerated without a depreciating comment, after it was ascertained that the earl and the countess were frequent visitors; and that Mrs. Laurel had substituted wax candles in her parlors, for jets of "gas" in imitation of the London fashion
Smoke, especially as generated by burning material
A gaseous substance
A type of luminous fluid fuel, chiefly composed of hydrocarbons, used for lighting and heating
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: This is illustrated in the case of a patent for'an apparatus for extracting inflammable gas by heat, from pit-; oal, tar, or any other svbstance, bom which gas or "gasses", capable of being employed for illumination, can be extracted by heat, and, for that purpose, the patentee proposes to apply the principle of the blowpipe to the operation of his machine
An invisible, odorless, colorless fluid, a mixture of several substances, gaseous at room temperature and readily soluble in water, that is a vital component of the atmosphere of the earth and is necessary for the life of most animals and plants
Sulphur
A type of incandescent light bulb containing an inert gas, such as argon, instead of a vacuum
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: world-consist to a great extent of a sort of cavernous limestone, which through the presence perhaps of elastic "gases" pent up within the sub stance of the rock at the time of its formation, or through the action of water flowing for ages through the secret fissures of the mass, is rendered impervious to the passage of water, and in a great degree to that of air
An elastic fluid, now regarded as a substance consisting of molecules which are far apart and move freely, including the major part of the atmosphere
A gaseous substance, especially one that is a constituent of the atmosphere
Coal gas, especially as used in household heating and cooking
A fluid, as air, helium, hydrogen, methane, etc., which expands freely to fill any space available, no matter how rapidly it is introduced
An intangible, impermeable fluid substance of which a particular kind is manufactured for use in internal combustion engines, for example methane ( CH₄ ) and propane ( C₃H₈ ). All gases are compressible and expandable
An impure mixture of gases, notably oxygen and nitrogen, present in air
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: According to the theory of the Professors Rogers, the wavelike fiexures, above alluded to, are explained by supposing the strata, when in a plastic state, to have rested on a widely-extended surface of fluid lava, and elastic vapors to have been generated by the submersion of the strata in this fluid
A type of anaesthetic gas, especially one consisting of nitrous oxide and oxygen and used in dentistry
Methane or other hydrocarbon gas, especially as used in lighting and heating
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: Although considerable ingenuity was displayed in the plan of expanding the Parachute by the sudden discharge of "gas" from the balloon; still the very fact of a woman being exposed to such danger by her husband, will, we trust, hereafter prevent Englishmen from countenancing such enterprises
A substance that expands freely to fill any space available, irrespective of its quantity
A device for generating gas in a chemical reaction, or for purifying gas
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: On the application of the heat from a spirit lamp to the bottom of the flask, a current of chlorine "gas" will be disengaged, and pass into the bromine, when it readily combines, and gives off a vapor, which, when condensed in the third vessel, will form a liquid bromine, which is readily separated from the other liquids
A gaseous substance, or a liquid or solid that vaporizes easily
An invisible gaseous substance that is a constituent of air, and is necessary for combustion to take place in a internal combustion engine
A type of fuel ( usually made from oil or coal ) used to power engines or generate electricity, consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons and other organic compounds that are gaseous at room temperature
Methane, or any other flammable hydrocarbon, used as fuel
Money spent on gasoline
Flatulence
The material of the universe that is visible and consists chiefly of hydrogen and helium
The german method of execution by cyanide gas introduced into a sealed chamber
A chemical agent that has the properties of a gas, especially one that is harmful to health or lethal if inhaled
A can or cylinder of compressed gas, especially one used to power a vehicle
The accelerator of a motor vehicle
The substance that expands in a container to produce the force that drives a steam engine or turbine, or that is burned to produce heat or light
Natural gas
Methane, or any hydrocarbon gas mixture, as used in heating, cooking, or powering vehicles
Natural gas, especially as a fuel
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: (n18) However, much of the development of offshore oil and "gas" resources is actually managed by private-sector international oil companies (IOCs) pursuant to concessions, licenses, leases, production sharing contracts and other agreements under which these companies have primary responsibility for the development of the resources
Natural gas, specifically as used in a house or other building for heating or cooking, or as generated in a vehicle as a fuel
An invisible, odorless, colorless gas, the chemical composition of which is unknown
Petrol
Methane, or other hydrocarbon, in liquid form, as extracted from oil wells
A tear gas
A gas mixture, especially one used for fuel
A mixture of petrol and air used in an internal combustion engine
Gasoline
Gasoline or petrol
A substance similar to gas, such as tar
A turbine engine that uses a gas, such as methane, as its working fluid
A filling station
A substance that expands freely to fill any space available, no matter how rapidly it is produced, and that, when released, exerts pressure on its container or surroundings
A paper
A type of sandstone, and a particular formation of rock strata, characterized by the presence of fossils of gas-producing bacteria
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: In the mid-1990s, Abramoff persuaded Russian oil and "gas" clients to donate $1 million to a conservative advocacy group called the U.S. Family Network, which was set up by former DeLay chief of staff Edwin Buckham and collected $2.5 million in all from mostly gas and oil interests, according to the Center for Responsive Politics
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: These parameters can be determined experimentally or calculated, and the methods of sizing and designing suitable gas absorption units can be found in chemical engineering textbooks concerned with industrial "gas" cleaning, gas absorption, or more generally, with mass transfer processes (e.g., see Kohl and Reid, 1974 ). In this article, we will present some general information about gas cleaning and gas absorption, and then describe a case study of the design of a gas absorption unit for a chemical company
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: had learned so soon that the Communists had no intention of permitting him to exercise any real influence upon events, had found himself attacked by hisThe World of Walter Wonderful io5fellow Africans and Asians for his decision to be fair to the white nations, had found all hopes dissipated, all gossips gasping, when he dared to tell the truth
Methane, or any hydrocarbon of the alkane series, especially as a fuel
A substance that expands freely to fill any space available, irrespective of its quantity
To disperse
An air-like fluid, such as methane, carbon dioxide, etc., that is a product of combustion, or is emitted by animals, etc
A cloud of fine solid particles suspended in air, especially one emitted by a volcano or industrial plant
Gasoline
Natural gas, as used in heating and cooking
Motive power
A chemical agent of a group of substances used in chemical warfare, causing asphyxiation by interfering with respiration
A substance that expands freely to fill any space available, irrespective of its quantity
To extract ( hydrocarbons ) from the ground by means of drilling and wells
Station for selling liquefied petroleum gas ( LPG ) for vehicles
A petrol engine
Methane, or other hydrocarbon, in a gaseous state, especially as found in underground reservoirs and used as fuel
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: Two of the biggest losers: Boston Scientific, which voluntarily recalled thousands of pacemakers and defibrillators, and Anadarko Petroleum, which fell after it agreed to buy Kerr-McGee and Western "Gas" Resources for more than $21 billion in cash and stock
Methane, or any hydrocarbon gas mixture, as used in natural gas
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: But they must pay Atlanta Gas Light a long list of regulated charges for such things as delivering and storing "gas", meter reading, renting capacity on interstate pipelines, replenishing a fund to pay marketers for uncollectable accounts and the gas company's public education campaign about deregulation. The gas company can also pass along the cost of its own employees and their benefits, and those of its retirees, to the customers
A corporation that sells gas for heating, cooking, etc
A hydrocarbon, or mixture of hydrocarbons, primarily used as a fuel
A convenience store
Gasoline
The working fluid in a gas turbine
Natural gas, especially as a commercial fuel
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: Although the University's permanent endowment, which derives from oil and "gas" leases on its land holdings, ranks second only to Harvard, only the income from the endowment can be spent, and one-third of that income must be given to the University's rural and somewhat decadent agricultural college
An aerosol containing a chemical agent, used as a weapon
A lethal chemical agent that is released into the air by industrial plants or military weapons and that asphyxiates or poisons its victims
Matter in the form of gas
A gaseous mixture, especially one which burns with a flame
Natural gas
Methane, or other flammable gaseous hydrocarbons, especially as produced by decomposition of organic matter in landfills
Money spent on gasoline
( of a fire ) burning with a hissing sound and bright flames, as from the combustion of gas
Excellent
An electrical discharge between electrodes at low pressure, especially in a gas such as air or nitrogen
A substance that expands freely to fill any space available, irrespective of its quantity
A type of petroleum fraction used in natural gas, petrol, and solvents
( usually in plural : gas or gases ) A hydrocarbon or other organic compound in the form of a gas, especially one used as a fuel
Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel in internal combustion engines
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: What impressed us more were features like the Urika 2's improved "gas" system, self-cleaned by a spinning piston to keep it working longer between cleanings; its magazine cutoff; the new, easier-to-close bolt release (someone at Beretta finally listened); the improved trigger
Methane, or any hydrocarbon gas mixture, primarily used for heating and cooking
A poisonous gas, such as cyanogen or chlorine, that is a weapon of war
A pedal in a motor vehicle which controls the throttle valve and regulates the flow of fuel to the engine
A region of a planetary atmosphere containing a high proportion of gas to solid material
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "gas" in the following sentence: According to the concepts // of quantum theory (1923), the nature of radiation can be explained as waves, as well as corpuscular; it is thus permissible to regard the radiation field in the interior of a star as a "gas", whose component molecules are energetic X-ray quanta
Methane and other hydrocarbons, as a fuel
An air-like fluid substance which expands freely to fill any space available, irrespective of its quantity
Natural gas, especially as a fuel
( of a planet ) being a gas giant
A hydrocarbon, such as methane, that is a liquid at low temperatures and vaporizes easily at normal temperatures
Petrol
Natural gas, as used in heating and cooking
Of or pertaining to a gas mask
Gasoline
A tear gas
The accelerator or throttle of a motor vehicle
Used euphemistically to refer to the gas chamber and associated deaths in a concentration camp
A gaseous substance, especially one that is a constituent of the atmosphere
Methane or other hydrocarbon gas, especially as used in lighting and heating
The gas company
Natural gas
A fluid substance that has neither a definite shape nor a definite volume, and which expands freely to fill any space available
Methane, or any other hydrocarbon gas, especially one produced by biological means
Petrol or other fuel for motor vehicles
The fuel gauge
( in a domestic context ) manufactured gas, especially as used in cooking and heating
Methane, as a constituent of natural gas, or as manufactured for use as bottled fuel
A gaseous chemical
An invisible gaseous fuel, such as methane or propane, that is burned in a combustion chamber of a power plant or other engine to produce heat, which is then used to generate electricity or power a vehicle
Anaesthetic gas
Air or vapour under pressure, especially in a closed space such as a cylinder or balloon
