Firedamp

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A combustible gas, chiefly methane, occurring naturally in mines from the decomposition of coal.
  • n. The explosive mixture of firedamp and air.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An inflammable gas (mostly methane) found in coal mines; forms an explosive mixture with air.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. a damp consisting chiefly of light carbureted hydrogen; -- so called from its tendence to explode when mixed with atmospheric air and brought into contact with flame.
  • n. See under Damp.
  • n. a mixture of gases (mostly methane) that forms in coal mines and becomes explosive when mixed with air. It is a source of serious hazard in coal mining operations.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The gas contained in coal, often given off by it in large quantities, and exploding, on ignition, when mixed with atmospheric air.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air
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