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41gas — I UK [ɡæs] / US noun Word forms gas : singular gas plural gasses *** Differences between British and American English: gas: In the UK, gas usually refers to a clear substance like air that is burned to cook food or to heat your house: a gas… …
42Gas duster — A can of gas duster Gas duster, also known as canned air, or compressed air, is a product used to clean electronic equipment and other sensitive devices that cannot be cleaned using water. The can comes with a straw to direct the forceful wind… …
43Gas explosion — A Gas explosion is the result of a gas leak in the presence of an ignition source. The principal explosive gases are natural gas, methane, propane and butane, because they are widely used for heating purposes. However, many other gases like… …
44Gas turbine-electric locomotive — DescriptionIn a GTEL a turbine engine, similar to a turboshaft engine, drives an output shaft that is in turn attached to an electrical generator via a system of gears. This in turn powers the traction motors. In overall terms the system is very… …
45gas — noun 1 substance like air ADJECTIVE ▪ deadly, noxious, poisonous, toxic ▪ explosive, flammable, inflammable (esp. BrE), radioactive …
46Gas hydrates — are solid crystalline compounds formed under certain thermo baric conditions from water (water solution, ice, water steams) and low molecular weight gases. Externally, they look like ice or snow. Under moderate pressure natural gas hydrates exist …
47gas — 1 noun plural gases also gasses 1 (C, U) a substance like air, which is not solid or liquid, and usually cannot be seen: hydrogen gas | a gas cylinder (=for storing gas) 2 (U) a substance of this type which is burnt for heating or cooking: a gas… …
48gas — I. /gæs / (say gas) noun (plural gases) 1. Physics a substance consisting of atoms or molecules which are sufficiently mobile for it to occupy the whole of the space in which it is contained. 2. any such fluid substance or mixture of substances,… …
49Gas meter prover — A Gas Meter Prover is a piece of equipment used to verify the accuracy of a gas meter. Presently, gas meter provers (or more simply “provers”) refer to manually or electronic and/or computer controlled equipment used to calculate accuracy of a… …
50Like blazes — Blaze Blaze (bl[=a]z), n. [OE. blase, AS. bl[ae]se, blase; akin to OHG. blass whitish, G. blass pale, MHG. blas torch, Icel. blys torch; perh. fr. the same root as E. blast. Cf. {Blast}, {Blush}, {Blink}.] 1. A stream of gas or vapor emitting… …
