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noun a combustible mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons that accumulates in porous sedimentary rocks, especially those yielding petroleum, consisting usually of over 80 percent methane together with minor amounts of ethane, propane, butane, nitrogen, and, sometimes, helium: used as a fuel and to make carbon black, acetylene, and synthesis gas.
Origin of natural gas First recorded in 1815–25
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Example sentences from the Web for natural gas She is groundbreaking on the problem of methane leaks in natural-gas fracking, an exception that swallows the rule.
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If coal jobs are destroyed in the near future, it will more likely be the fault of natural-gas companies than EPA regulations.
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A natural-gas well exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, and 44 workers were evacuated.
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In 2011 the two largest capital investments in North America (PDF)—both tied to natural-gas production—were in Louisiana.
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There were fires from natural-gas explosions and houses swept off their foundations.
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Below is given a form of specification in use by an architect in a natural-gas region.
Convenient Houses | Louis Henry Gibson
In natural-gas regions, the supply of additional heat in a flue from a furnace or by a jet would be a small matter.
Convenient Houses | Louis Henry Gibson
Mela rewarded her amiability by saying to her, finally, "You've never been in the natural-gas country, have you?"
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Natural-gas fuel is conveyed into her mills and houses through one thousand miles of iron pipe.
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There are two varieties of college students—the midnight-oil and the natural-gas kind; and Petey was a whole gas well in himself.
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British Dictionary definitions for natural gas noun a gaseous mixture consisting mainly of methane trapped below ground; used extensively as a fuel
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Words related to natural gas crude oil, gasoline, gas, fuel, petrol, kerosene, fossil fuel, naphtha
Scientific definitions for natural gas A mixture of hydrocarbon gases that occurs naturally beneath the Earth's surface, often with or near petroleum deposits. Natural gas contains mostly of methane but also has varying amounts of ethane, propane, butane, and nitrogen. It is used as a fuel and in making organic compounds.
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