单词 | natural gas |
释义 | natural gasn. Originally North American. Flammable hydrocarbon gas, consisting chiefly of methane and other simple alkanes, occurring naturally underground (often in association with petroleum) and used as a fuel. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > organic gases > [noun] > other named coal gas1806 oil-gas1820 natural gas1825 resin gas1828 powder gas1860 hydrocarbon gasc1865 air-gas1872 fluoroform1876 formene1884 biomethane1947 Sarin1951 1825 Canad. Courant (Montreal) 17 Dec. 1/5 This is undoubtedly the first attempt which has ever been made to apply natural Gas to so extensive and useful a purpose. 1846 S. F. Smith Theatr. Apprenticeship 102 Many of the stores and shops in the village are lighted with natural gas! 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 813/2 The use of natural gas for illumination, and even for metallurgical purposes, has lately become a matter of importance. 1930 Economist 22 Mar. 654/2 Interest is being taken in utilities and oils with natural gas possibilities. 1972 Guardian 17 Feb. 9 People ran from their homes yesterday because of a gas explosion in Elgin Street, Sheffield... The area had been converted to natural gas about six months ago. 1992 Atlantic Sept. 15 (advt.) You won't see exhaust fumes—particulates—coming out of the back of this van. Because it's a Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV). Compounds natural gas liquid n. Oil Industry any of various gaseous hydrocarbons occurring in natural gas that are readily liquefied by compression for transport or storage (such as propane and butane); (also) a volatile liquid hydrocarbon present in natural gas and obtained from it during extraction or processing. ΚΠ 1953 Amer. Econ. Rev. 43 489 Utilization of natural gas and natural-gas liquids. 1981 P. Newman Acquisitors (1990) ix. 564 In 1958, Dome embarked on the construction of the first flare-gas conservation system at Steelman in southeastern Saskatchewan to recover natural gas liquids. 1991 Hydrocarbon Processing May 109/1 Two of the most common process operations in natural gas liquids (NGL) plants are lean oil extraction and cryogenic extraction of NGL liquids. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1825 |
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