firedamp

English

Alternative forms

• fire damp

Etymology

fire +‎ damp

Noun

firedamp (usually uncountable, plural firedamps)

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

Derived terms

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: рудничен газ m (rudničen gaz), газ-гризу m (gaz-grizu)
• Dutch: mijngas (nl) n
• French: grisou (fr) m
• German: Grubengas n
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• Hungarian: sújtólég
• Italian: grisou m
• Portuguese: grisu m
• Spanish: grisú (es) m