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单词 gasification
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gasificationn.

Brit. /ˌɡasᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌɡæsəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: 1700s– gasification, 1800s– gasefication, 1800s– gassification.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymons: gas n.1, -ification suffix.
Etymology: < gas n.1 + -ification suffix, originally after Italian gazificazione (1793 in the passage translated in quot. 1798). Compare slightly later gasify v.
The action or process of converting a substance (chemically or physically) into gas. Also figurative.
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the world > matter > gas > becoming or making into gas > [noun]
gasification1798
1798 tr. L. Spallanzani Trav. Two Sicilies III. xxi. 345 This is..a most convincing proof, that a greater gasification of stony substances may be obtained in a very strong heat than in a weaker.
1824 J. Macculloch Highlands & W. Isles II. 190 Poetry has rarely been subjected to such chemistry as this without the gasification and loss of its essence.
1883 Nature 25 Jan. 292/2 The latent heat of gasification..of any body.
1923 Pop. Mech. Nov. 156/1 (advt.) Its tank is leakproof; its ‘hot spot’ insures perfect gasification of all gasoline or kerosene.
1991 Mech. Engin. Sept. 48/2 Essentially, coal gasification involves burning a mixture of coal, water, and oxygen to produce a synthesis gas made of hydrogen sulfide and carbonyl sulfide.
2010 W. Kiechel Lords of Strategy xv. 284 All that is solid melts into the air, including, apparently, competitive advantage. In the face of such gasification, where was a company to seek an edge?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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