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Marsh Gas

Definition: Marsh Gas

Marsh Gas

Noun

1. Methane gas produced when vegetation decomposes in water.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Marsh Gas

DomainDefinition

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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Specialty Definition: Marsh gas

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Marsh gas is another name for natural gas.

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."

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Synonyms within Context: Marsh Gas

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Marsh Gas

English words defined with "marsh gas": CerotinLight carbureted hydrogen. (references)

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Modern Translation: Marsh Gas

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

   

Romanian

  

gaz metan. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

метан (gas, methane), болотный газ (methane). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

močvarni gas. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

metano (methane), gas de los pantanos. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

metan gazı, metan (methane), bataklık gazı. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

khí mêtan. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Marsh Gas

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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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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