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COMPRESSED GAS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gas at a high pressure that can be used as a propellant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("compressed gas" is a kind of...):
propellant; propellent (any substance that propels)
gas (a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "compressed gas"):
compressed air (air at a pressure greater than that of the atmosphere)
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