gassing
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈɡæsɪŋ/
- Specialized
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aplicación de gas
- The factory uses gassing to sterilize equipment before food production.
- gassing operation
- tear-gassing
Examples
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During the experiment, gassing was employed to introduce the chemical into the reaction chamber.
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Gassing is a common method in pest control to eliminate unwanted insects.
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So this would be for something like out gassing, out gassing or drying.
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Well, I think the evidence is clear that the room was used as a gassing cellar for fumigating cadavers.
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You can't always smell these chemicals, but off-gassing from plastic is linked to all kinds of health problems, from respiratory problems to cancer.
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Off-gassing is when a material—usually a synthetic one—releases harmful chemicals into the air.
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Synonyms
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7.3
A process that turns solid or liquid material into gas for fuel
To make a solid behave like a liquid by sending gas or liquid through it
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
gassing = gas (transparent) = gas + ing
Regular action noun formed from the verb 'gas' with '-ing', and the industrial meaning follows straightforwardly from that base.
Etymology
Gassing comes from gas, meaning 'air' or 'vapor', and here it describes the process of 'exposing something to gas' for a chemical or industrial purpose, like sterilizing or treating materials.