Synonyms for gases
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : gas |
| Phonetic Transcription : gæs |
Définition of gases
Origin :- 1650s, from Dutch gas, probably from Greek khaos "empty space" (see chaos). The sound of Dutch "g" is roughly equivalent to that of Greek "kh." First used by Flemish chemist J.B. van Helmont (1577-1644), probably influenced by Paracelsus, who used khaos in an occult sense of "proper elements of spirits" or "ultra-rarified water," which was van Helmont's definition of gas.
- Modern scientific sense began 1779, with later specialization to "combustible mix of vapors" (1794, originally coal gas); "anesthetic" (1894, originally nitrous oxide); and "poison gas" (1900). Meaning "intestinal vapors" is from 1882. "The success of this artificial word is unique" [Weekley]. Slang sense of "empty talk" is from 1847; slang meaning "something exciting or excellent" first attested 1953, from earlier hepster slang gasser in the same sense (1944). Gas also meant "fun, a joke" in Anglo-Irish and was used so by Joyce (1914). As short for gasoline, it is American English, first recorded 1905.
- noun something not liquid or solid
- Water that has been boiled for any length of time is flat from the loss of its gases.
- Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
- Make a hole in the middle of the paste to let the gases from the meat escape.
- Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
- Make a hole in the middle of the crust for the gases to escape.
- Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
- All such outfits have means of regulating the pressures of the gases used.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
- The gases are sent through a mixing valve to the burning tip.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
- (c) The small holes in the vents must be kept free for the escape of the gases.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
- For a moment the gases which filled the chambers were overpowering.
- Extract from : « The Call of the Beaver Patrol » by V. T. Sherman
- I give one jump out of bed and felt the gases, but they was all right.
- Extract from : « Rudder Grange » by Frank R. Stockton
- These two compounds are gases and are formed in the distillation of wood and bones.
- Extract from : « An Elementary Study of Chemistry » by William McPherson
- The gases resulting from the decomposition of the water collect in the tubes.
- Extract from : « An Elementary Study of Chemistry » by William McPherson
Antonyms for gases
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