What does the word gas mean?
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A thin fluid, like air, capable of indefinite expansion, but usually convertible by compression and cold into a liquid.
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Aeriform matter.
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See Gaz- g. Ammoniacale, Ammonia- g. Animale sanguinis, Gaz sanguinis-g. Azoticum, Azote- g. Azoticum oxygenatum, Nitrogen, gaseous oxide of- g. Hepaticum, Hydrogen, sulphuretted- g. Hydrogenium sulphuretum, Hydrogen, sulphuretted-g. Intoxicating, Nitrogen, gaseous oxide of-g. Laughing, Nitrogen, gaseous oxide of- g. of the Lungs, Gaz, pulmonary -g. Nitrous, dephlogisticated. Nitrogen, gaseous oxide of- g. Oxygenated muriatic acid, Chlorine- g. Oxymuriatic acid, Chlorine-g. Palustre, Miasm, marsh-g. Paradise, Nitrogen, gaseous oxide of -g. Sulphuris, Sulphurous acid.
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A compressible fluid; a substance the particles of which tend to separate further and further from each other, so that the substance tends to expand continually and to fill completely and uniformly any vessel in which it may be confined. The term is sometimes restricted to those substances which cannot be readily condensed into liquids( cf. Vapor); and certain gases, including oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and air, which were formerly regarded as irreducible to the liquid form, were called Permanent gases. Laughing g., nitrogen monoxide. Marsh-g., methane. Olefiant g., ethylene. Sewer-g., the mixture of gases derived from sewers; dangerous mainly on account of the bacteria and suspended animal matter contained in it.
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Usage examples for gas
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She hastened by a gas- lamp, climbed the hill, and found her way in darkness up the long steps of a house. – Out of the Triangle by Mary E. Bamford
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Our first real experience with gas came in this sector. – Average Americans by Theodore Roosevelt
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By what means is this gas introduced into the mixture? – School and Home Cooking by Carlotta C. Greer
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