firedamp

English

Alternative forms

• fire damp, fire-damp

Etymology

From fire +‎ damp with 'damp' not in the usual sense of 'moist' but old German, modern Dutch, Danish 'damp' as steam or vapour, hence a gas liable to catch fire.

Noun

firedamp (usually uncountable, plural firedamps)

1. (mining) A flammable gas (mostly methane) found in coal mines; forms an explosive mixture with air.

Derived terms

• firedamp alarm
• firedamp detector
• firedamp drainage
• firedamp explosion
• firedamp fringe
• firedamp layer
• firedamp migration

Related terms

• afterdamp

Translations

an inflammable gas found in coal mines

• Bulgarian: ру́дничен газ m (rúdničen gaz), газ-гризу́ m (gaz-grizú)
• Catalan: grisú (ca) m
• Dutch: mijngas (nl) n
• Esperanto: grizuo
• Finnish: kaivoskaasu
• French: grisou (fr) m
• German: Grubengas n
• Hungarian: sújtólég (hu)
• Italian: grisou m
• Macedonian: ру́днички гас m (rúdnički gas)
• Portuguese: grisu m
• Romanian: grizu (ro) n
• Spanish: grisú (es) m
• Swedish: gruvgas c
• Turkish: grizu (tr)
• Welsh: llosgnwy m