gas cloudn.

Brit.

/ˈɡas ˌklaʊd/, U.S.

/ˈɡæs ˈklaʊd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gas n.¹, cloud n.

Etymology: < gas n.¹ + cloud n.

1. Astronomy. A mass of gaseous material in space; spec. one from which a planet, solar system, or other celestial object is formed.

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c1874 Illustr. Family Christian Almanac U.S. 1874 6 The estimated number of the comets is 17,500,000. One of these gas-clouds was expected to strike our world on the 12th of August 1872.

1888 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 45 Evolution throughout has been one and continuous, from nebula to sun, from gas-cloud to planet.

1907 Astrophysical Jrnl. 26 115 The meteor trains are self-luminous gas clouds combined with very minute meteoric dust particles.

1965 New Scientist 30 Dec. 905/1 X-rays from the Crab are produced by bremsstrahlung or the braking of electrons in a hot gas cloud.

2008 M. A. Seeds Solar Syst. (ed. 6) xix. 431/2 The sun and planets revolve and rotate in the same direction because they formed from the same rotating gas cloud.

2. A coherent mass of (esp. harmful) gas or gaseous material released into the air, e.g. from a volcano, leaking gas pipe, etc.; esp. a mass of poison gas released in a gas attack.

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1902 Pop. Sci. Monthly July 276 On May 23 Hill was able to study from below a gas-cloud like that which fell on St. Pierre; and he was even able..to photograph the swirling tongue of flame by which the cloud was rent.

1915 Times 6 May 7/2 Many who reached the gas-cloud could not make their way through it, and..a great many of the wounded perished from the fumes.

1961 I. T. Sanderson Continent We live On xviii. 253 Flaming oil particles so fine as to create a mist or gas cloud which may suddenly burst into flame.

1989 B. I. Gudmundsson Stormtroop Tactics ii. 37 A few hundred yards behind the gas cloud, the infantry regiments of three German divisions moved forward until they stood on top of Pilckem Ridge.

2010 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 26 Dec. a1 The gas cloud spreading over the aft deck was a grave threat.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gas cloud
释义	gas cloudn. Brit. /ˈɡas ˌklaʊd/, U.S. /ˈɡæs ˈklaʊd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gas n.¹, cloud n. Etymology: < gas n.¹ + cloud n. 1. Astronomy. A mass of gaseous material in space; spec. one from which a planet, solar system, or other celestial object is formed. ΚΠ c1874 Illustr. Family Christian Almanac U.S. 1874 6 The estimated number of the comets is 17,500,000. One of these gas-clouds was expected to strike our world on the 12th of August 1872. 1888 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 45 Evolution throughout has been one and continuous, from nebula to sun, from gas-cloud to planet. 1907 Astrophysical Jrnl. 26 115 The meteor trains are self-luminous gas clouds combined with very minute meteoric dust particles. 1965 New Scientist 30 Dec. 905/1 X-rays from the Crab are produced by bremsstrahlung or the braking of electrons in a hot gas cloud. 2008 M. A. Seeds Solar Syst. (ed. 6) xix. 431/2 The sun and planets revolve and rotate in the same direction because they formed from the same rotating gas cloud. 2. A coherent mass of (esp. harmful) gas or gaseous material released into the air, e.g. from a volcano, leaking gas pipe, etc.; esp. a mass of poison gas released in a gas attack. ΚΠ 1902 Pop. Sci. Monthly July 276 On May 23 Hill was able to study from below a gas-cloud like that which fell on St. Pierre; and he was even able..to photograph the swirling tongue of flame by which the cloud was rent. 1915 Times 6 May 7/2 Many who reached the gas-cloud could not make their way through it, and..a great many of the wounded perished from the fumes. 1961 I. T. Sanderson Continent We live On xviii. 253 Flaming oil particles so fine as to create a mist or gas cloud which may suddenly burst into flame. 1989 B. I. Gudmundsson Stormtroop Tactics ii. 37 A few hundred yards behind the gas cloud, the infantry regiments of three German divisions moved forward until they stood on top of Pilckem Ridge. 2010 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 26 Dec. a1 The gas cloud spreading over the aft deck was a grave threat. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1874
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