Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blau gas

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables: blau -gas
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An artificial illuminating gas similar to propane, manufactured by decomposing mineral oils in retorts by heat and compressing the resulting naphtha into liquid.

Uncountable

Etymology

German Blaugas. Named after its inventor, Hermann Blau.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Blaugas

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Blaugas (alternative)

Questions

What does blau gas mean?: An artificial illuminating gas similar to propane, manufactured by decomposing mineral oils in retorts by heat and compressing the resulting naphtha into liquid.
Where does blau gas come from?: It is traced to German.

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