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gas flaring

gas flaring noun: the deliberate open-air burning of natural gas that is generated as a by-product of various petrochemical processes, especially oil extraction.

Noun

gas flaring (uncountable)

  1. The deliberate open-air burning of natural gas that is generated as a by-product of various petrochemical processes, especially oil extraction.

Questions about gas flaring

What does gas flaring mean?
Gas flaring means the deliberate open-air burning of natural gas that is generated as a by-product of various petrochemical processes, especially oil extraction.
What part of speech is gas flaring?
Gas flaring is a noun.

Words near gas flaring in the dictionary

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  8. gas gauges
  9. gas generator
  10. gas generators
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