town gas

English

Alternative forms

• towns gas

Noun

town gas (uncountable)

1. (petrochemistry) A poisonous manufactured gas, supplied to domestic consumers for heating, cooking and (formerly) lighting; it is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen formed by the reaction of coke with steam - C + H₂O => CO + H₂.

Translations

manufactured gas supplied to consumers

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: stadsgas n, lichtgas (nl) n
• Finnish: kaupunkikaasu (fi)
• French: gaz de ville m
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• Greek: αεριόφως (el) n (aeriófos)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: gas ciudad m

Further reading

• Coal gas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Gastown