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GASIFICATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gasification mean?
• GASIFICATION (noun)
The noun GASIFICATION has 1 sense:
1. the process of changing into gas
Familiarity information: GASIFICATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process of changing into gas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Context example:
coal gas is produced by the gasification of coal
Hypernyms ("gasification" is a kind of...):
chemical action; chemical change; chemical process ((chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved)
Derivation:
gasify (turn into gas)
Context examples
Dibenzo[a,e]pyrene is primarily found in coal gasification products, cigarette smoke and fossil fuels.
(Dibenzo (a,l) pyrene, NCI Thesaurus)
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