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Definition: Marsh Gas |
Marsh GasNoun1. Methane gas produced when vegetation decomposes in water. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Energy | A common term for gas that bubbles to the surface of the water in amarsh or swamp. It is colorless, odorless and can be explosive. (references) |
Mining | A. Methane, CH4 . If the decaying matter at the bottom of a marsh or pond is stirred, bubbles of methane rise to the surface, thus the name marsh gas b. It is nonexplosive until met with air or oxygen. In miners' languagesynonymous with firedamp. See also:methane; firedamp. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The different names merely indicate where the gas originates. Whereas natural gas is usually thought to originate from decayed material associated will oil fields, marsh gas originates from material decaying in swamps/marshes etc.
The primary component of marsh gas is methane.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Marsh gas."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Bane | Albany hemp, arsenious oxide, arsenious acid; bichloride of mercury; carbonic acid, carbonic gas; choke damp, corrosive sublimate, fire damp; hydrocyanic acid, cyanide, Prussic acid, hydrogen cyanide; marsh gas, nux vomica, ratsbane. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Marsh Gas |
| English words defined with "marsh gas": Cerotin ♦ Light carbureted hydrogen. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "marsh gas"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | метан (kotow, kowtow, methane), блатен газ (methane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | methangas, sumpfgas (swamp gas), grubenfgas. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mocsárgáz (light carburetted hydrogen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | metano (methane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 沼気 (methane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しょうき (affectation, business opportunity, consciousness, desire to be impressive, god to ward off illness and misfortune, laughing gas, methane, minute description, nitrous oxide, person of small capacities, sanity, small container, soberness, true character, true heart, true spirit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arshmay asgay gaz metan. (various references) метан (gas, methane), болотный газ (methane). (various references) močvarni gas. (various references) metano (methane), gas de los pantanos. (various references) metan gazı, metan (methane), bataklık gazı. (various references) khí mêtan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-g-h-m-r-s-s" | |
-1 letter: ashrams, grahams. | |
-2 letters: ashram, graham, gramas, harass, shamas. | |
-3 letters: aargh, agars, aghas, agmas, amahs, amass, gamas, grama, grams, grass, haars, harms, maars, marsh, massa, ragas, sagas, shags, shams, smash. | |
-4 letters: aahs, agar, agas, agha, agma, amah, amas, arms, gama, gams, gars, gash, gram, haar, hags, hams, harm, maar, mags, mars, mash, mass, raga, rags. | |
-5 letters: aah. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-g-h-m-r-s-s" | |
+4 letters: managerships. | |
+5 letters: grantsmanship, manslaughters, phragmoplasts, phrasemakings. | |
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