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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.
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Fluid dynamics, Atmosphere and climate.
Arsine
noun · 86% connection
A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, AsH3, a colorless and exceedingly poisonous gas, having an odor like garlic; arseniureted hydrogen.
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Fluid dynamics, Atmosphere and climate.
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.
Bottled gas
noun · 86% connection
hydrocarbon gases, usually propane or butane, kept under pressure
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Atmosphere and climate.
Butane
noun · 86% connection
An inflammable gaseous hydrocarbon, C4H10, of the marsh gas, or paraffin, series.
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Fluid dynamics, Atmosphere and climate.
Butylene
noun · 86% connection
Any one of three metameric hydrocarbons, C4H8, of the ethylene series. They are gaseous or easily liquefiable.
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Fluid dynamics, 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…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Fluid dynamics, Atmosphere and climate.
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.
Ethene
noun · 86% connection
Ethylene; olefiant gas.
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Fluid dynamics, Atmosphere and climate.
Ethylene
noun · 86% connection
A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the action of concen…
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.
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…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Fluid dynamics, Atmosphere and climate.
Inhalant
adjective · 86% connection
Inhaling; used for inhaling.
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Fluid dynamics, Atmosphere and climate.
Liquefied petroleum gas
noun · 86% connection
hydrocarbon gases, usually propane or butane, kept under pressure
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Atmosphere and climate.
Mephitis
noun · 86% connection
Noxious, pestilential, or foul exhalations from decomposing substances, filth, or other source.
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Environmental science, Climate change, Resources and energy, Fluid dynamics, Atmosphere and climate.
