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compressed gas

DEFINITIONS OF: compressed gas

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n gas at a high pressure that can be used as a propellant

Types:
compressed air
air at a pressure greater than that of the atmosphere
air cushion
the trapped air that supports a hovercraft a short distance above the water or ground
Type of:
propellant, propellent
any substance that propels
gas
a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
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