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 110 DICTIONARY OF AVIATION

gasbag 'g3es,baeg n. [also spelt gastbagl a bag for holding gas; specifically, the bag or receptacle made of silk or other material, and its immediate connections and appurtenances, forming the most conspicuous part of most balloons and dirigibles.

gas-balloon 'gaes-ba^uun n. a balloon or gasbag which is inflated with gas; a coal-gas balloon; a hydrogen-balloon : as, the separate *gas-balloons of a Zeppelin airship.

gas-capacity 'gaes-ka/paesi-ti n. the capacity of a balloon or airship for receiving or containing gas; holding-power; cubic content.

gas-chamber 'gaes^Seem-baz n. a chamber or receptacle for holding gas; one of the gas-compartments of a sectional air- ship.

gas-charge 'g3es,t$a:zd3 "n. the charge or quantity of gas in the gasbag of a balloon or airship.

gas -compartment 'gses-kan^paztmant n. one of the com- partments of the cempesit gas-receptacles of certain air- ships ; one of the subdivisions of the gas-reservoir of an airship, fild with inf lating-gas ; a gas-chamber.

gas-condenser 'gaes-k9n,densaz n. an apparatus used for condensing gas; a gas-compressor.

gas-container 'gaes-kan^ee-naz n. a vessel, receptacle, or bag forming a part of an airship and designed to contain gas; a gas-chamber; a gas-receptacle; a gas-holder.

gas-craft 'g3es,ksa:ft n, pi. craft or aerial vessels depending upon or using gas for sustaining-power; lighter-than-air craft.

gas-cylinder 'gses,silin-d9z n. a stjeng metal cylinder or cilindrical gas-holder used for containing and transporting inflating-gas in a comprest state; a gas-tube.

gas-engine 'gses,end3in n. [also spelt gasfengin] an engin or motor in which the motion is obtaind by the alternate admission and condensation (by explosion) of a gas-mix- ture in a closed cylinder containing a piston; a gas-motor; also, sometimes, a gasoline or petrol engin.

gas-envelop / gaes / env3-lop n. [also spelt gas* envelope] the envelop or covering of the gasbag or gas-receptacle of a balloon or airship.

gaseous 'gsesi-ss adj. having the nature of gas; in the con- dition of gas.

gas-filled 'g3es,fild adj. [also spelt gastfild] fild or inflated with gas; gas#inflated.

gas-float 'gaes^toot n. the gas-inflated float or bag of a balloon or airship; the inflated gas-bag of a balloon con-

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