FIREDAMP

Meaning of FIREDAMP in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfī(-ə)r-ˌdamp ]

noun

Date: 1677

: a combustible mine gas that consists chiefly of methane ; also : the explosive mixture of this gas with air

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

FIREDAMP — noun Date: 1677 a combustible mine gas that consists chiefly of methane
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FIREDAMP — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a combustible gas that is formed in mines by decomposition of coal or other carbonaceous matter and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIREDAMP — /fuyeur"damp'/ , n. Mining. 1. a combustible gas consisting chiefly of methane, formed esp. in coal mines, and dangerously explosive …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIREDAMP — n. explosive gas comprised primarily of methane (accumulates in mines)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FIREDAMP — ■ noun gas, chiefly methane, that forms an explosive mixture with air in coal mines.
Concise Oxford English vocab
FIREDAMP — [fire.damp] n (1677): a combustible mine gas that consists chiefly of methane; also: the explosive mixture of this gas with …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FIREDAMP — firedamp BrE AmE ˈfa ɪ ‿ə dæmp AmE \ ˈfaɪ‿ ə r-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FIREDAMP — n. a miners' name for methane, which is explosive when mixed in certain proportions with air.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIREDAMP — n. a miners' name for methane, which is explosive when mixed in certain proportions with air.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIREDAMP — n. a miners' name for methane, which is explosive when mixed in certain proportions with air.
Oxford English vocab
FIREDAMP — Synonyms and related words : afterdamp, blackdamp, breath, chokedamp, cloud, coal gas, damp, effluvium, exhalation, exhaust, exhaust gas, fetid air, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIREDAMP — рудничный газ рудничный газ, гремучий газ firedamp рудничный газ, гремучий газ
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FIREDAMP — Гремучий газ
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
FIREDAMP — n рудничный газ, гремучий газ
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FIREDAMP — рудничный газ
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
FIREDAMP — рудничный газ
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
FIREDAMP — (n) гремучий газ; рудничный газ
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
FIREDAMP — n рудничный газ, гремучий газ
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
FIREDAMP — n рудничный газ, гремучий газ
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FIREDAMP — рудничный газ рудничный газ, гремучий газ firedamp рудничный газ, гремучий газ
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FIREDAMP — n. Pronunciation: ' f ī (- ə )r- ˌ damp Function: noun Date: 1677 : a combustible mine gas that …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FIREDAMP — гремучий газ
English-Russian Online Dictionary
METHANE — or marsh gas Organic compound, chemical formula CH 4 , colourless, odourless gas that occurs in natural gas (called firedamp …
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DAMP
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
METHANE — ˈmeˌthān noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary meth- + -ane : a colorless odorless flammable gaseous saturated hydrocarbon …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOULNESS — noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English foulnesse, from Old English fūlnes, from fūl foul + -nes -ness 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIRE BOSS — noun : one who examines a coal mine to determine whether firedamp is present, to search for fires caused by …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CARBON DIOXIDE — noun : a heavy colorless gas CO 2 that does not support combustion, that dissolves in water to form carbonic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLACKDAMP — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: black (I) + damp (gas) : a nonexplosive mine gas that is heavier than air, that consists …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SAFETY LAMP — lighting device used in places, such as mines, in which there is danger from the explosion of flammable gas or …
Britannica English vocabulary
CLANNY, WILLIAM REID — born 1776, Bangor, County Down, Ire. died Jan. 10, 1850, near Sunderland, Durham, Eng. physician who invented one of the …
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