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exhaust gases

exhaust gases is the plural of exhaust gas.

Meaning of exhaust gas

Noun

exhaust gas (plural exhaust gases)

  1. Gas emitted as a result of the combustion of fuels in an engine, and discharged into the atmosphere through an exhaust pipe.
    • This is a 16-cylinder unit with the cylinders arranged in vee formation, operating on the four-stroke cycle and pressure-charged by four Napier exhaust gas-driven turbo-chargers.1958 June, “Main-Line Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 393

Questions about exhaust gases

What is exhaust gases the plural of?
Exhaust gases is the plural of exhaust gas.

Words near exhaust gases in the dictionary

  1. exhaling
  2. exhalings
  3. Exhall
  4. exhaust
  5. exhaust gas
  6. exhaust gases
  7. exhaust pipe
  8. exhaust pipes
  9. exhaust purifier
  10. exhaust purifiers
  11. exhaust system

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