compressed gas

Other forms: compressed gases

Definitions of compressed gas
  1. noun
    gas at a high pressure that can be used as a propellant
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    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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