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gasometer
[ gas-om-i-ter ]
noun
- an apparatus for measuring and storing gas in a laboratory.
- British. a large tank or cylindrical reservoir of gas, as at a gasworks, to be piped to homes, factories, etc.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gasometer1
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Example Sentences
On the left, Zonnebeke Pond, the ruined chteau, and the remains of a gasometer come into sight (photo below).
The carriage then passed the gasometer, and rapidly bent into the street leading to the Villa Glori.
They had disconnected the gas at the gasometer and cut the electric wires, and the city was plunged in darkness.
Then as more gas comes in to take up this room, the gasometer keeps on rising slowly.
Now air is forced through my paraffin carburettor and the vapour resulting is fed to that gasometer in the bows of the boat.
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