1. (noun)gas, gaseous state the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
1. (noun)gas a liquid substance used as fuel for vehicles; = gasoline to fill the car with gas
2. gas matter that is not solid or liquid a flammable gas
3. gas a gas used as fuel for some household equipment; = natural gas a gas furnace
4. gas gas produced in your stomach to pass gas
Definition of 'GAS'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)GAS an aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as oxygen, hydrogen, etc., in distinction from vapors, as steam, which become liquid on a reduction of temperature. In present usage, since all of the supposed permanent gases have been liquified by cold and pressure, the term has resumed nearly its original signification, and is applied to any substance in the elastic or aeriform state
2. (noun)GAS a complex mixture of gases, of which the most important constituents are marsh gas, olefiant gas, and hydrogen, artificially produced by the destructive distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood, oil, resin, etc. It gives a brilliant light when burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating purposes
3. (noun)GAS laughing gas
4. (noun)GAS any irrespirable aeriform fluid
Definitions of 'GAS'
The New Hacker's Dictionary
1. GAS [as in ‘gas chamber’]
1. interj. A term of disgust and
hatred, implying that gas should be dispensed in generous quantities,
thereby exterminating the source of irritation. “Some loser just
reloaded the system for no reason! Gas!”
2. interj. A suggestion that
someone or something ought to be flushed out of mercy. “The system's
gettingwedged every few minutes. Gas!”
3. vt. To
flush (sense 1). “You should gas that old
crufty software.”
4. [IBM] n. Dead space in
nonsequentially organized files that was occupied by data that has since
been deleted; the compression operation that removes it is called degassing (by analogy, perhaps, with the use of
the same term in vacuum technology).
5. [IBM] n.Empty space on a
disk that has been clandestinely allocated against future need.