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noun
Gas produced as a side effect of a chemical reaction, sometimes hazardous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, manufacturing
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verb
To emit gases, especially noxious ones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree English off- Proto-Indo-European *ǵheh2-der. Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos) Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)der. Dutch gasbor. English gas English off-gas From off- + gas.
