noun / verb
gas
GAS/ɡæs/
Matter in a state that expands freely to fill available space.
The gas particles spread out to fill the entire balloon.
Etymology
Van Helmont’s Dutch gas probably drew on Greek khaos, “empty space.” His term for “ultra-rarefied water” later acquired the scientific meaning of an airlike substance that fills its container.
In context
gas has that amazing property of spreading out in any container spreading out in any container that is the reason why a gas can occupy the space
More examples
- Oxygen and nitrogen are gases found in the air.
- We cook on a stove that burns natural gas.
- Beans can cause gas in the digestive system.
- Several workers were accidentally gassed by a chemical leak.
Forms
gas · gases · gassed · gassing
gaseous adjective — Existing in the state of a gas.