Word Meaning

gas definition and meaning

n. An aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as oxygen, hydrogen, etc., in distinction from vapors, as steam, which become liquid on a reduction of temperature. In present usage, since all of the supposed permanent gases have been liquified by cold and pressure, the term has resumed nearly its original signification, and is applied to any substance in the elastic or aeriform state.
n. A complex mixture of gases, of which the most important constituents are marsh gas, olefiant gas, and hydrogen, artificially produced by the destructive distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood, oil, resin, etc. It gives a brilliant light when burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating purposes.
n. Laughing gas.
n. Any irrespirable aeriform fluid.

Crossword clues for gas

- Air, for example
- Blast of air?
- Butane or neon
- Chemical weapon
- Cooking fuel
- Domestic fuel
- Fossil fuel
- Fuel
- Fuel type
- Fuel, natural ...
- Fumigate
- Grassy, alternative source of fuel
- Heating fuel
- Helium or hydrogen
- Household fuel
- Hydrogen, for example
- Hydrogen, say
- It helps ease the pain of wind
- it might be noble
- Kind of heating used in making a souffle
- Madagascar keeps fossil fuel
- Methane or butane
- Not liquid or solid for marsh, mustard or laughing
- Odd grass vapour
- Petrol in America is a hoot!
- Service station product
- Sink back into anaesthetic
- Step on it to go faster
- Takes shape of container
- The G of LPG
- The odd glass of petrol
- Vapour
- Vapour fuel
- Wind back slump