gasometer
Americannoun
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an apparatus for measuring and storing gas in a laboratory.
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British. a large tank or cylindrical reservoir of gas, as at a gasworks, to be piped to homes, factories, etc.
noun
Etymology
Origin of gasometer
From the French word gazomètre, dating back to 1785–95. See gas, -o-, -meter
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The awful gasometer transformed into the most glorious of cathedrals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2024
The Ostiense neighbourhood, right on the Tiber river, was once the site of a power station, a restless river port and a gasometer, whose skeleton still looms.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 8, 2020
The Squire was not so modern in his ideas as to set up his own gasometer, so the stables were lighted by lanterns, with an oil-lamp fixed here and there against the wall.
From Vixen, Volume I. by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
Connect up the inlet tube of the Bulloch's jar with the sterile gas filter, and this again with the delivery tube of the gasometer or gas generator.
From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by J. W. H. (John William Henry) Eyre
The great gasometer of the South Side gas-works had exploded.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 by Various
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