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gas-filled

gas-filled

1 3.8
Filled with gas rather than liquid or solid
  • adjective
translation icon : lleno de gas
  • GDTs (gas-filled discharge tubes) handle huge currents, but their delayed firing lets through large impulses before they turn on.
  • gas-filled separator

Examples

  • Some plastic scintillators can also detect neutrons, but more often, RPMs with large 3He gas-filled detectors are used for that job.

    Academic text (2004)
  • The gas-filled separator at the Berkeley 88-inch cyclotron is used to search for superheavy nuclei.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Birch told himself it was no worse than the gas-filled tunnels they had crawled through in training at Fort Dix.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The illuminator uses a 5-V AC gas-filled lamp that has a standard life of 15,000 hours.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Then he crawled to the opening, kicked rats from the wooden ladder, and began his descent into the yellow gloom of the gas-filled chamber.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • "When you’re dealing with a complicated apparatus like the gas-filled separator, you tend to trust the group’s best guy to do it right," he told us.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Many fish, such as the goldfish, have a special swim bladder, a gas-filled sac that helps them maintain buoyancy.

  • For better energy efficiency, consider installing gas-filled windows that provide improved insulation.

  • The scientists observed that the plant's roots developed gas-filled spaces to enhance oxygen transport.

Antonyms

1.0

Not containing anything

How Full

gas-filled
1 3.8

Surface Forms

gas-filled positive

Morphology

gas-filled = gas + filled (transparent) = gas + fill + ed

A straightforward compound of 'gas' and the participial adjective 'filled' meaning 'containing gas', matching ordinary English formation patterns.

Etymology

Gas-filled combines gas and filled and literally means 'filled with gas' instead of with liquid or solid. Think of a 'water-filled' bottle but with gas inside, so a gas-filled bulb or balloon contains gas that changes how it works.