gas
- noun
- /ɡæs/
- When the canister was opened, a cloud of gas escaped into the air.
- greenhouse gas
- gas emissions
- blood gas
It's bubbles of gas inside the fluid.
- It's bubbles of gas inside the fluid.
- If you expand, the gas goes down, right?
- And this is usually a neutral gas like xenon or argon.
- It's the gas constant for the specific gas that you are using.
- We couldn't see any gas trailing the object.
- And because particles of a gas are just dumb matter.
- He thinks they're sending this green gas through the air conditioners.
Examples
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The balloons were filled with helium gas, making them float high in the sky.
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Recent advancements in the recovery of gas deposits have made natural gas much more economically competitive.
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It's the gas constant for the specific gas that you are using.
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It's bubbles of gas inside the fluid.
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The conversion of most energy sources such as coal, natural gas, oil, and nuclear follows a similar process.
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From this disk of gas and dust, big planets can emerge.
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There's a head of carbon dioxide gas over the liquid.
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So this is the same gas that's in neon signs.
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A spectrometer can also observe the light passing through a gas to determine what's in the gas.
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And this is usually a neutral gas like xenon or argon.
Synonyms
Gas or very small drops of liquid in the air, like steam
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
A gas that makes people's eyes burn and makes them cry, used by police to break up crowds
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A very large planet like Jupiter or Saturn made mostly of light gases that has no solid surface
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A harmful gas used as a weapon that can kill or make people very sick if they breathe it
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A gas with no color that dentists give to patients to breathe so they relax and sometimes laugh
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An engine that burns fuel to make hot gas that spins a wheel with blades
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A machine that burns natural gas to make power for vehicles or generators
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A device that fires small gas containers like tear gas to make crowds move away
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An imaginary gas made of tiny particles that take up no space and do not affect each other
- Offensive
A very strong poison used as a weapon that attacks the nerves and can kill by touching skin or breathing
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A type of tear gas used by police that causes eye and skin pain and lasts long
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A device that sends gas through a small opening to make a steady flame for heat or light
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Gas that comes out of a furnace when machines push air or steam through hot material
- Archaic
A colorless, odorless gas called carbon dioxide that plants use to make food
- Archaic
A gas produced by passing air over hot coal and used in the past for lighting and heating
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A severe infection in body tissue caused by bacteria that makes gas and destroys it
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A fixed number used in the ideal gas law to connect energy, temperature and amount of gas
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A dangerous problem that happens when air bubbles get into the blood and stop blood flow
- Archaic
A protective mask that covers the whole head and filters harmful gases to keep lungs safe
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Gas was created by a scientist in the 1600s from the Greek word chaos, which meant 'empty space' or 'void', because gases spread out to fill any space. So a gas is something that has no fixed shape and fills its container.