Gas vs Hypoventilation - What's the difference?
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(uncountable, chemistry) Matter in a state intermediate between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid) (or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly.
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, title= (countable, chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state.
(uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture (typically predominantly methane) used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles.
(countable) A hob on a gas cooker.
(US) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process.
(slang) A humorous or entertaining event or person.
(baseball) A fastball.
To kill with poisonous .
To talk, chat.
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To emit gas.
(uncountable, US) Gasoline; a derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
(US) gas pedal
(US) To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.
(US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel
(Ireland, colloquial) comical, zany.
(medicine) Respiratory]] depression, occurring when ventilation is inadequate to perform the necessary gas exchange, which may be caused by certain medical conditions, by [[hold one's breath, holding one's breath, or by drug overdose.
As nouns the difference between gas and hypoventilation
is that gas is matter in a state intermediate between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid) (or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly while hypoventilation is respiratory depression, occurring when ventilation is inadequate to perform the necessary gas exchange, which may be caused by certain medical conditions, by holding one's breath, or by drug overdose.As a verb gas
is to kill with poisonous gas.As an adjective gas
is comical, zany.As a proper noun Gas
is a commune in Eure-et-Loir, France.gas
English
(wikipedia gas)Etymology 1
From (etyl) gas, a word coined by chemist . From (etyl) .Noun
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Synonyms
* (state of matter) vapor / vapour * (digestive process) wind, fart (when gas is released) (qualifier)Derived terms
* cooking with gas * gas giant * gaslight * gasometer * LP gas * natural gas * shale gasSee also
* fluid * liquid * solidVerb
Etymology 2
Shortening of (gasoline).Noun
(-)Synonyms
* (gasoline) gasoline (US), petrol (British) * See also .Verb
- The cops are coming. Gas it!
Synonyms
* (accelerate) step on the gas, hit the gas * (filll fuel tank) refuelEtymology 3
Compare the slang usage of "a gas", above.Adjective
(-)- Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man.
- It was gas when the bird flew into the classroom.