gas lighter
Britishnoun
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a device for igniting a jet of gas
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a cigarette lighter using a gas as fuel
Example Sentences
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Scientists describe helium as a nonrenewable gas, lighter than air and often found in natural gas fields after being formed by decaying radioactive elements.
From New York Times ● May 18, 2012
Of course, Swiss Army has one implement better: One model boasts a gas lighter.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even giving the correct expansion, a comet’s mass must be much greater than is generally supposed, or the diameters of the nuclei would be greater if composed of any gas lighter than atmospheric air.
From Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence by Thomas Bassnett
Suppose I told you that the fuel my ship uses is a gas lighter than hydrogen.
From By Proxy by H. R. van Dongen
By balloons, I mean, of course, anything raised in the air by means of a gas lighter than the air.
From Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years by Various
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