regasifyv.
/riːˈɡasᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /riˈɡæsəˌfaɪ/ transitive. To convert (a substance, esp. liquefied natural gas) back into a gas.
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the world > matter > gas > becoming or making into gas > make into gas or produce gas from [verb (transitive)] > convert back into gas
regasify1940
1908 Trans. Amer. Soc. Mech. Engineers 1907 29 763 Because..the deposit [of bituminous carbon] was made at a point where the temperature was quite low, it might never be regasified.
1910 Science 20 May 773/1 A part of its [sc. a comet's] orbit where the temperature given by the solar radiation to the surfaces of the masses is sufficient to boil off or regasify the condensed material.
1940 Gas Age 24 Oct. 47/1 The liquefied natural gas would be stored in special insulated tanks..and regasified when need arose.
1972 Times 16 Aug. i. (caption) The product is regasified and pumped into the mains for home consumption.
2006 Prospect Aug. 15/3 LNG requires..a massive ship to carry it from the plant where the gas is liquefied to the terminal where it is regasified.
Derivatives
reˈgasified adj.
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the world > matter > gas > becoming or making into gas > [adjective] > converted back into gas
regasified1926
1926 R. W. Lawson tr. G. von Hevesy & F. A. Paneth Man. Radioactivity xxiii. 167 The regasified emanation is allowed to stream into the vessel in which it is to be used.
1998 E. B. Flowers U.S. Utility Mergers v. 83 Gas-fired plants generate electricity by burning regasified liquid natural gas (LNG).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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