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Afterdamp
noun · 86% connection
a toxic mixture of gases (including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide and nitrogen) after an explosion of firedamp in a mine
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Fluid dynamics, Atmosphere and climate.
Air
noun · 86% connection
The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressi…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Fluid dynamics, Atmosphere and climate.
Air gas
unknown · 86% connection
See under Gas.
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Arsine
noun · 86% connection
A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, AsH3, a colorless and exceedingly poisonous gas, having an odor like garlic; arseniureted hydrogen.
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Atmosphere
noun · 86% connection
The whole mass of aeriform fluid surrounding the earth; -- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; a…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Fluid dynamics, Atmosphere and climate.
Butane
noun · 86% connection
An inflammable gaseous hydrocarbon, C4H10, of the marsh gas, or paraffin, series.
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Butylene
noun · 86% connection
Any one of three metameric hydrocarbons, C4H8, of the ethylene series. They are gaseous or easily liquefiable.
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Carbon dioxide
noun · 86% connection
a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plan…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Atmosphere and climate.
Chlorine
noun · 86% connection
One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely…
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Cyanogen
noun · 86% connection
A colorless, inflammable, poisonous gas, C2N2, with a peach-blossom odor, so called from its tendency to form blue compounds; obtained…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Fluid dynamics, Atmosphere and climate.
Exhaust
verb · 86% connection
To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evap…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Fluid dynamics, Atmosphere and climate.
Fluorine
noun · 86% connection
A non-metallic, gaseous element, strongly acid or negative, or associated with chlorine, bromine, and iodine, in the halogen group of…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Fluid dynamics, Atmosphere and climate.
Formaldehyde
noun · 86% connection
A colorless, volatile liquid, H2CO, resembling acetic or ethyl aldehyde, and chemically intermediate between methyl alcohol and formic…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Fluid dynamics, Atmosphere and climate.
Greenhouse gas
noun · 86% connection
A gas that traps heat in the atmosphere.
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Fluid dynamics, Atmosphere and climate.
Hydrogen
noun · 86% connection
A gaseous element, colorless, tasteless, and odorless, the lightest known substance, being fourteen and a half times lighter than air…
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Inhalant
adjective · 86% connection
Inhaling; used for inhaling.
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Mephitis
noun · 86% connection
Noxious, pestilential, or foul exhalations from decomposing substances, filth, or other source.
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Methane
noun · 86% connection
A light, colorless, gaseous, inflammable hydrocarbon, CH4; marsh gas. See Marsh gas, under Gas.
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Fluid dynamics, Atmosphere and climate.
