coal gas

English

Noun

coal gas (uncountable)

1. (deprecated template usage) (petrochemistry) The poisonous gas, used domestically for cooking etc and formerly for lighting, prepared by heating coal with steam; it is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide; synthesis gas or town gas.

Translations

poisonous gas

• Bulgarian: светилен газ (svetilen gaz)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 煤氣／煤气 (méiqì), 煤气 (zh) (méiqì)

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• Finnish: hiilikaasu
• Russian: светильный газ m inan (svetilʹnyj gaz)