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Definition: Afterdamp |
AfterdampNoun1. A toxic mixture of gases (including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide and nitrogen) after an explosion of firedamp in a mine. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | The mixture of gases that remain in a mine after a mine fire or an explosion of combustible gases. It consists of carbonic acid gas, water vapor (quickly condensed), nitrogen, oxygen, carbon monoxide, and in some cases free hydrogen, but usually consists principally of carbonic acid gas and nitrogen, and is therefore irrespirable. See also:blackdamp; damp. (references) |
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| Language | Translations for "afterdamp"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Manx | aaghaal. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | afterdampay.(various references) | |
Romanian | gaz sufocant (choke damp). (various references) | |
Spanish | mofeta (blackdamp, damp, polecat, skunk). (various references) | |
Turkish | grizu patlamasından sonra kalan zehirli gaz. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | задушливий газ (choke damp). (various references) | |
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Misspellings | |
"Afterdamp" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aeternam, Haferkamp. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-f-m-p-r-t" | |
-2 letters: adapter, fermata, readapt, tramped. | |
-3 letters: afeard, dafter, damper, depart, dreamt, farmed, framed, marted, parade, parted, petard, prated, rafted, ramate, ramped, tamped, tamper. | |
-4 letters: adapt, adept, after, apart, apter, armed, armet, damar, dater, defat, derat, derma, draft, drama, drape, dream, fader, famed, farad, fared, fated, frame, fremd, madre, mated, mater, padre, parae, pared, pated. | |
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