producer gas

Other forms: producer gases

Definitions of producer gas
  1. noun
    a gas made of carbon monoxide and hydrogen and nitrogen; made by passing air over hot coke
    synonyms: air gas
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    type of:
    gas
    a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
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