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(Greek: vapor, steam; air, gas; respiration)
(Greek: argus, neutral, inactive, idle, inert; gas)
(Greek: chloros, grass-green; a reference to the color of the gas which tends to be greenish-yellow; gas)
(Modern Latin: chemical element; from Latin, fluere, to flow; gas)
(Modern Latin: chemical element; from Greek, helios, the sun, first observed in the sun’s atmosphere; gas)
(Greek: hydor, "water", plus gen, "born", "forming"; gas)
(Greek: kryptos, "hidden"; gas)
(Greek: neo, "new" or the "new one"; gas)
(Latin: "forming niter", or “niter producer”; because niter, a mineral properly called potassium nitrate, and contains nitrogen, a compound of nitrogen; gas)
(Greek: oxys, "sharp", plus gen, "forming"; from the incorrect belief that oxygen forms acids; gas)
(Modern Latin: from Greek, xenon, "stranger"; gas)
(Greek: sparse, thin, rare; slack, loose; by extension, "gas, vapor")
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gas giants
The planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
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Astronomy and related astronomical terms
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interstellar gas
Matter in a gaseous state thinly distributed between the stars; mostly hydrogen with some helium and other elements which are sometimes concentrated in nebulae (patches in the sky).
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Astronomy and related astronomical terms
(page 13)
landfill gas
A medium-energy-content fuel gas high in methane and carbon dioxide produced by landfills that contain municipal solid wastes and other waste biomass.
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Biomass Elements and Uses +
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