gas
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡæs/
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch gas, coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae. Derived from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void, empty space”); perhaps also inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”). Doublet of chaos. First attested in 1648.
shoot a line
accelerator pedal
gaseous state
fall short of
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