gas
Meaning
- (masculine) gas (matter between liquid and plasma)
- (masculine) gas (an element or compound in such a state)
- (masculine) gas (flammable gas used for combustion)
- (in-plural,masculine) gas (waste gases trapped in one's belly)
Frequency
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡas/
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch gas, coined by Belgian chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont. Perhaps inspired by Middle Dutch gheest (Modern Dutch geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”), or from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void”).
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Sentences
En realidad , habían descubierto una cueva subterránea llena de gas natural .
They had actually discovered an underground cave filled with natural gas.
Esta capa se la llama gas de electrones bidimensional .
This layer is called a two-dimensional electron gas.
