gasification (gas"ifikashon)

[As gasify + -ation. Cf. F. gazéif i cation.] The act or proce of converting a substance into gas, or pro ducing gas from it. gasiform (gas'i-fôrm), a. [ fluid from, or convert into gas, as by the application of heat, or other chemical proce . All that has lived must die, and all that is dead must be disintegrated, di olved, or gasified . Life of Pasteur , tr. by Lady Claud Hamilton, p. 41. The bluish-green ma which is produced in the purification of illuminating gas. is generally known by the name of "refuse gas-lime." C. T. Davis , Leather, p. 275. gas-liquor (gas'liker), n. A liquid containing phid, besides other products, obtained from coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas. gas-machine hine (gas'ma-shēn"), n. An apparatus for carbureting carb air in making illuminating gas in small quantities; a carbureter. gas-main (gas mān), n. One of the principal underground pipes which convey gas from the gas-works to the places where it is to be consumed.