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to gasify

to gasify

1 7.0
To change something into gas by heating it or by a chemical reaction
  • verb
  • /ˈɡæsɪfaɪ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : gasificar
  • Coal, too, could be made carbon-free, using advanced power plants that gasify the fuel and then generate power while stripping away the carbon for sequestration underground.
  • gasified coal

Examples

  • Yet engineers have been gasifying coal for 150 years, and coal-gasification plants in the U.S. and elsewhere have been generating electric power since 1984.

    Academic text (2006)

  • It's quite possible to gasify coal to methane rather than CO.

    Blog text (32)

  • One installation would gasify the wood waste from a pulp and paper plant, and the other would gasify urban wood waste materials.

    Academic text (2001)

  • A low seep rate will provide steam to help gasify the coal.

    Blog text (32)

  • Coal use can be continued by gasifying it and using it in OCGT/CCGTs.

    Blog text (14)

  • Its designers learned to evaluate the process of gasifying a range of feedstocks.

    Academic text (2001)

  • A turbocompressor sends natural gas or gasified coal into the fuel cell.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Gasifying biomass may not be a perfect replacement for fossil fuels, but it sure beats walking.

    Academic text (2012)

  • The process is designed to gasify organic material to produce clean energy.

  • They plan to gasify the waste to reduce its volume and make it easier to manage.

Synonyms

to evaporate
vsto gasify
45 3.5

Change a liquid like water into gas by heating

includes chemical methods and broader gas formation beyond simple phase change
to vaporize
vsto gasify
  • US
17 5.3

To change from a liquid into gas, usually by heating

focuses on conversion by heat or chemical process rather than only phase change
to volatilize
vsto gasify
  • Specialized
1 9.6

To change a liquid or solid into a gas that rises into the air

emphasizes direct conversion to gas by heat or reaction rather than tendency to evaporate
to aerify
vsto gasify
  • Specialized
9.9

To turn a liquid or solid into gas when heat makes it rise into the air

focuses on heat or chemical conversion rather than adding air mechanically

Antonyms

to solidify
55 4.4

To change from a liquid or gas into a hard state as it cools

to condense
19 4.2

Turn from a gas into a liquid when cooled

How Completely

to gasify
  • Specialized
1 7.0
to vaporize
  • US
17 5.3

Surface Forms

gasify infinitive
gasified past
gasified past participle
gasifying present participle
gasifies third person singular

Morphology

gasify = gas (transparent) = gas + ify

Formed productively from the noun 'gas' with the verbalizing suffix '-ify', yielding a clear meaning 'to make or become gas'.

Etymology

Gasify comes from the common word gas plus the ending -ify, where -ify means 'make'. So to gasify something is to 'make' it into gas.