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	Gas may refer to: Science and technology: gases and liquids Gas Gas In physics, a gas is a state of matter, consisting of a collection of particles without a definite shape or volume that are in more or less random motion.... , one of the phases of matter (Gases, or Gasses Plural) Gasoline Gasoline File:GasCan.jpgGasoline or petrol is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture, primarily used as fuel in internal combustion engines.It consists mostly of aliphatic hydrocarbons, enhanced with iso-octane or the aromatic hydrocarbons toluene and benzene to increase its octane rating.... , a refined fossil fuel, also called petrol Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), also called "cooking gas", which includes propane and butane Autogas Autogas Autogas is the common name for liquified petroleum gas when it is used as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles. The same equipment is also used for similar engines in stationary engine such as generators.... , a type of LPG used in motor vehicles Natural gas Natural gas Natural gas is a gas consisting primarily of methane. It is found associated with fossil fuels, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is created by methanogenic organisms in marshes, bogs, and landfills.... , a gaseous fossil fuel consisting primarily of methane The medical effects of gas being generated in the gastrointestinal tract: bloating Bloating Bloating is any abnormal general swelling, or increase in diameter of the abdomen area. As a symptom, the patient feels a full and tight abdomen, which may cause abdominal pain sometimes accompanied by borborygmus.... burping Burping Belching, also known as burping, ructus, or eructation, involves the release of gas from the digestive tract through the mouth.... flatulence Flatulence Flatulence is the production of a mixture of gases in the gastrointestinal tract of mammals or other animals that are byproducts of the digestion process.... Gassing, destructive gas generation in batteries Battery (electricity) In electronics, a battery or voltaic cell is a combination of one or more electrochemical cell Galvanic cells which store chemical energy that can be converted into electric potential energy, creating electricity.... See :Category:Gases for a list of gases Computer science The GNU Assembler GNU Assembler The GNU Assembler, commonly known as Gas, is the assembler used by the GNU Project. It is the default back-end of GNU Compiler Collection.... Biological effects As an anaesthetic As a poison, see: Gas chamber Gas chamber A gas chamber is an apparatus for killing, consisting of a sealed chamber into which a poisonous or asphyxiant gas is introduced. The most commonly used poisonous agent is hydrogen cyanide; carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide have also been used.... Poison Poison In the context of biology, poisons are Chemical substance that can cause disturbances to organisms, usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when a sufficient quantity is absorbed by an organism.... Toxicology Toxicology Toxicology is the study of the adverse effects of chemicals on living organisms. It is the study of symptoms, mechanisms, treatments and detection of poisoning, especially the poisoning of people.... Entertainment Gas (film) Gas (film) *Gas* is a 2004 in film Comedy film/Drama film film, directed by Henry Chan. The film stars Flex Alexander and Khalil Kain .... , a 2004 film starring Flex Alexander and Khalil Kain Gas (band), the moniker used by British electronic music artist Mat Jarvis Mat Jarvis Mat P. Jarvis is an electronic music artist from England who has released one full-length CD and several other tracks on the Em:t Records label under the name Gas.... Gas (musician) Gas (musician) Gas was a short-lived project of Cologne, Germany-based electronic music musician Wolfgang Voigt. Voigt cites his youthful LSD experiences in the K?nigsforst, a part of Germany's black forest situated near his hometown of K?ln, as the inspiration behind the project.... , an ambient music project by German producer Wolfgang Voigt Gas-s-s-s Gas-s-s-s *Gas-s-s-s* was a 1971 motion picture produced and released by American International Pictures. It was movie producer Roger Corman's final film for AIP, before leaving to found his own New World Pictures.... , also called Gas! or It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It, a 1971 Roger Corman movie Gas (comic) Gas (comic) Gas was a United Kingdom adult comic that was published monthly by Galaxy Publications from 1989 to 1991.Gas was one of many such comics emulating the success of Viz , and like many of its peers was a crude copycat of the format Viz pioneered.... , a British adult comic Other uses Gas, Eure-et-Loir Gas, Eure-et-Loir Gas is a Communes of France in the Eure-et-Loir Departments of France in north-central France.... , a commune in Eure-et-Loir, France Gas, Kansas Gas, Kansas Gas is a city in the northwestern part of Allen County, Kansas, located in southeast Kansas, in the Central United States United States. The population was 556 at the United States Census, 2000, and it was estimated to be in the year .... , a town in the United States Bristol Rovers FC, an English professional football team so nicknamed for their original proximity to a local gasworks GAS Gas jeans GAS is a leading premium apparel brand owned by Grotto SpA run by the Grotto family out of Italy. The company was founded by Claudio Grotto in the early 1970s.... , an Italian designer clothing Fashion design Fashion design is the applied art dedicated to clothing and lifestyle accessories created within the cultural and social influences of a specific time.... label Gear Acquisition Syndrome Gear Acquisition Syndrome Gear Acquisition Syndrome is a term used to describe an urge to acquire and accumulate lots of gear. This term commonly associated with:* Guitarists ... As an acronym GAS may stand for: The Children’s Global Assessment Scale, used by psychiatrists to assist with assessing children under 18 Galpin Auto Sports Galpin Auto Sports Galpin Auto Sports is an automobile repair shop in Van Nuys, California that specializes in customizing cars specifically for the vehicles' owners.... , a customising garage featured on the television show Pimp My Ride The General Adaptation Syndrome, a model describing responses to stress Generalized Audit Software Generalized Audit Software Generalized Audit Software is a software designed to read, process and write data with the help of functions performing specific audit routines and with self-made macros.... Getaway Special Getaway Special NASA's Getaway Special program offers interested individuals or groups, opportunities to fly small experiments aboard the Space Shuttle.... , an experiment bay on the Space Shuttle The Great American Songbook Great American Songbook Great American Songbook is a term referring to the interrelated music of Broadway theatre musical theater, the Hollywood musical, and Tin Pan Alley, in a period that begins roughly in the 1920s and tapers off around 1960 with the emerging dominance of rock and roll.... , a genre of American popular music Gunner's Auxiliary Sight, a backup targeting system for the main gun of the M1 Abrams M1 Abrams The M1 Abrams is a Tank classification#Main battle tank produced in the United States. The M1 is named after General Creighton Abrams, former Army Chief of Staff of the United States Army and Commander of US military forces in Vietnam from 1968 to 1972.... tank Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids , was an United States cable television network which was launched on March 1, 1999 as part of MTV Networks' suite of digital cable channels.... television network Streptococcus pyogenes Streptococcus pyogenes 'Streptococcus pyogenes' is a coccus gram-positive bacteria that grows in long chains and is the cause of Group A streptococcal infections. S.... , a bacterium commonly known as Group A Strep, or GAS A dynamical system Dynamical system The dynamical system concept is a mathematics formalization for any fixed "rule" which describes the time dependence of a point's position in its ambient space.... can have a single globally asymptotically stable (GAS) Lyapunov function In mathematics, Lyapunov functions are functions which can be used to prove the stability of a certain Fixed point in a dynamical system or autonomous differential equation.... equilibrium See also Gassing Gassing Gassing can mean:* Emitting gas** Destructive gas generation in batteries, see battery #Battery explosion* Harming or killing with gas, see Gas #Biological effects... Gass Gass Gass is a surname, and may refer to:* A. J. Gass, Canadian football player* Bobby Gass, real name Bobby Tench, musician and founder of Gass * Craig Gass, comedian... gas giant Gas giant A gas giant is a large planet that is not primarily composed of Rock or other solid matter. There are four gas giants in our Solar System: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.... , a type of planet gaslight Gaslight Gaslight may refer to:* Gas lighting, the use of flammable gas such as natural gas as a light source* Gaslighting, a form of psychological abuse coined as a reference to two similar films of the same name:... LP gas natural gas Natural gas Natural gas is a gas consisting primarily of methane. It is found associated with fossil fuels, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is created by methanogenic organisms in marshes, bogs, and landfills....