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breathing gas

breathing gas noun: a mixture of gases used for respiration in breathing equipment, typically in scuba diving.

Noun

breathing gas (countable and uncountable, plural breathing gases)

  1. A mixture of gases used for respiration in breathing equipment, typically in scuba diving.

Forms of breathing gas

pluralbreathing gases

Questions about breathing gas

What does breathing gas mean?
Breathing gas means a mixture of gases used for respiration in breathing equipment, typically in scuba diving.
What part of speech is breathing gas?
Breathing gas is a noun.
What is the plural of breathing gas?
The plural of breathing gas is breathing gases.

Words near breathing gas in the dictionary

  1. breathing cave
  2. breathing caves
  3. breathing down someone's neck
  4. breathing easy
  5. breathing freely
  6. breathing gas
  7. breathing gases
  8. breathing in
  9. breathing new life into
  10. breathing one's last
  11. breathing one's last breath

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