coal gas

English

Noun

coal gas (uncountable)

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

Coordinate terms

• (types of gas) coal gas, illuminating gas, natural gas, synthesis gas, town gas, water gas

Related terms

• gaslight (noun), gasworks

Translations

gas prepared by heating coal with steam

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: светилен газ (svetilen gaz)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 煤氣／煤气 (mui⁴ hei³)

  Mandarin: 煤氣／煤气 (zh) (méiqì)

• Dutch: kolengas n, lichtgas (nl) n, steenkolengas (nl) n
• Finnish: hiilikaasu
• French: gaz de houille (fr) m
• Greek: αεριόφως (el) n (aeriófos)
• Hungarian: világítógáz (hu)
• Irish: gás guail m
• Persian: گاز زغال‌سنگ (gâz-e zoğâl-sang)
• Polish: gaz węglowy m, gaz koksowniczy m
• Portuguese: gás de hulha m, gás de carvão m
• Russian: светильный газ m inan (svetilʹnyj gaz)
• Spanish: gas de alumbrado m, gas ciudad m

Further reading

• Coal gas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• gas coal