natural gas
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Noun
natural gas (countable and uncountable, plural natural gases)
- A mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits; mostly methane with smaller amounts of ethane, propane and butane; principally used as a fuel.
- 1946 July and August, “The Why and The Wherefore: Natural Gas at Heathfield”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:
- For a good many years, beginning in London, Brighton & South Coast days, the station at Heathfield, between Tunbridge Wells and Eastbourne, was lighted by natural gas. The use of this illuminant was discontinued about 1934.
Derived terms
- compressed natural gas (CNG)
- dry natural gas
- liquid natural gas (LNG)
Translations
mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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See also
- petroleum gas
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