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PRONUNCIATION OF GAS LIGHTING

gas lighting  [ɡæs ˈlaɪtɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GAS LIGHTING

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Gas lighting is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GAS LIGHTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

gas lighting

Gas lighting

Gas lighting is production of artificial light from combustion of a gaseous fuel, such as hydrogen, methane, carbon monoxide, propane, butane, acetylene, ethylene, or natural gas. Before electricity became sufficiently widespread and economical to allow for general public use, gas was the most popular means of outdoor and indoor lighting in cities and suburbs. Early gas lights had to be lit manually, but many later designs are self-igniting. Gas lighting today is typically used for camping, where the high energy density of a hydrocarbon fuel, combined with the modular nature of canisters allows bright and long lasting light to be produced cheaply and without complex equipment. In addition, some urban historical districts retain gas street lighting, and gas lighting is used indoors or outdoors to create or preserve a nostalgic effect.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GAS LIGHTING


biting
ˈbaɪtɪŋ
copywriting
ˈkɒpɪˌraɪtɪŋ
exciting
ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ
fighting
ˈfaɪtɪŋ
firefighting
ˈfaɪəˌfaɪtɪŋ
floodlighting
ˈflʌdˌlaɪtɪŋ
handwriting
ˈhændˌraɪtɪŋ
inviting
ɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ
lighting
ˈlaɪtɪŋ
microlighting
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌlaɪtɪŋ
moonlighting
ˈmuːnˌlaɪtɪŋ
screenwriting
ˈskriːnraɪtɪŋ
sighting
ˈsaɪtɪŋ
siting
ˈsaɪtɪŋ
slighting
ˈslaɪtɪŋ
songwriting
ˈsɒŋˌraɪtɪŋ
underwriting
ˈʌndəˌraɪtɪŋ
uninviting
ˌʌnɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ
whiting
ˈwaɪtɪŋ
writing
ˈraɪtɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GAS LIGHTING

gas gangrene
gas gauge
gas giant
gas guzzler
gas heater
gas hog
gas jet
gas lamp
gas laws
gas lighter
gas main
gas mantle
gas mask
gas meter
gas mileage
gas oil
gas oven
gas pedal
gas pipe
gas pipeline

WORDS THAT END LIKE GAS LIGHTING

accounting
bullfighting
cage fighting
cockfighting
crime fighting
crime-fighting
direct lighting
extreme fighting
gunfighting
indirect lighting
infighting
overhead lighting
street fighting
street lighting
strip lighting
strobe lighting
track lighting
UFO sighting
wall lighting
weighting
yachting

Synonyms and antonyms of gas lighting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gas lighting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GAS LIGHTING

Find out the translation of gas lighting to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gas lighting from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gas lighting» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

煤气照明
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alumbrado de gas
570 millions of speakers

English

gas lighting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गैस प्रकाश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإضاءة الغاز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

газовое освещение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

iluminação a gás
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গ্যাস আলো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´éclairage au gaz
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pencahayaan gas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gasbeleuchtung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ガス照明
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가스 조명
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lampu gas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ánh sáng khí
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எரிவாயு விளக்குகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गॅस प्रकाशयोजना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gaz aydınlatması
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

illuminazione a gas
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oświetlenie gazowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

газове освітлення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

iluminat cu gaz
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φωτισμό του φυσικού αερίου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gas beligting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gasbelysningen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gassbelysning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gas lighting

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GAS LIGHTING»

The term «gas lighting» is regularly used and occupies the 101.566 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GAS LIGHTING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «gas lighting» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «gas lighting» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gas lighting

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GAS LIGHTING»

Discover the use of gas lighting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gas lighting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The chemistry of gas lighting: a collection of fragments ...
In manuscript on t.-p.: By Lewis Thompson.
Lewis Thompson, 1850
2
Gas Lighting
THE PIONEERS OF GAS LIGHTING Three men - John Pierre Minkelers, a Dutchman, Philippe Lebon, a Frenchman, and an Englishman, George Dixon - have a claim to have been the first to use gas for commercial lighting. Minkelers was ...
David Gledhill, 1999
3
An Historical Sketch of the Origin and Progress of Gas-lighting
William Matthews. of a pipe which has two orifices adapted to each of the circles, a very small jet of gas is made to play constantly upon the tests. The spaces in the inner circle are marked from one to twelve for day, and one to twelve for night,  ...
William Matthews, 1832
4
Gas-Lighting and Gas-Fitting: A Pocket Book for Gas ...
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Wm. Paul (William Paul) Gerhard, 2012
5
Electric Gas Lighting
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Norman Hugh Schneider, 2008
6
Old-House Journal
However, not until the late Victorian decades did kerosene lighting end the tyranny of night for nearly everyone in the United States. Gas lighting was the posh, pretty- boy, poster child of Victorian interior lighting, but its technology and expense ...
7
A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great ...
New hydraulic gas meter Works All gas lighting installation, unless otherwise described; 1805. Lodge's Mill gas lighting installation 1806. Willow Hall, Lodge's private house, gas lighting installation 1806. Potter's Mill, nr. Bury, gas lighting ...
A. W. Skempton, 2002
8
Theatre Lighting in the Age of Gas
Terence Rees researched this work over a period of five years in places ranging from the libraries of the British Patent Office and the Institution of Gas Engineers to the decaying stuctures of about-to-be demolished theatres.
T. A. L. Rees, 2004
9
Domestic Space: Reading the Nineteenth-century Interior
Refracting the gaselier: understanding Victorian responses to domestic gas lighting Sarah Milan The invention of gas lighting was a dramatic innovation. After centuries of people using costly and labour intensive candles and oil lamps to light ...
Janet Floyd, Inga Bryden, 1999
10
The American Railroad Passenger Car
Figure 5.55 Gas lighting apparatus offered by the New York Car and Steamboat Gas Company in 1860. B marks the gas tank, C the regulator, and E the lamps. Within a few years the Reading decided to upgrade its lighting by converting to a  ...
John H. White, 1985

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GAS LIGHTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gas lighting is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Then and Now - Staverton Mill (From Wiltshire Times)
They even installed gas lighting in 1817. By 1820 only weaving was still carried out in the local cottages and by 1824 the mill could employ over 1500 people ... «Wiltshire Times, Jul 15»
2
Poet & his muse
There is a lot of period detailing (street lighting with whale oil lamps, replaced by gas lighting); occasional sparks of humour — “I have friends in ... «Deccan Herald, Jul 15»
3
North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh. NC
... house featured 15-foot ceilings, full-length first floor French windows, ornamental interior plaster work and walnut finishes, and gas lighting. «Goodnight, Raleigh, Jul 15»
4
Fuel Gas Production and Distribution Market Trends & Forecast Up …
Major applications of fuel gas include gas lighting, cooking, heating, power generation and transport fuel. The North American market for ... «Digital Journal, Jul 15»
5
America is the greatest nation on earth – In your FACE, Denmark
Think of some of the greatest inventions of the 1800s: the battery, gas lighting, the steam-powered locomotive, the electromagnet, aspirin, and ... «seattlepi.com, Jun 15»
6
Grandson digs for truth over devastating North East rail crash
Nineteen people died that day, many perishing as the result of a fire partially caused by the provision of gas lighting in the passenger train's ... «Shields Gazette, Jun 15»
7
Two horrifying tales of gas lighting, courtesy of the internet
If you want illustrations of the concept of “gas-lighting” and how abusive men wield the stereotype that women are “crazy” in order to control, the ... «Raw Story, Jun 15»
8
Bassist Bill Wyman Recalls Rolling Stones' Wild Early Days
Until I was 17, we had gas lighting, no electricity. We got electricity, which was a big deal, because I could have a radio! That summer, in 1964, ... «Variety, Jun 15»
9
Winter solstice 2015: a 12-hour journey through Melbourne at night
Gas lighting appeared in 1849, followed by electric lights in the late 1860s. By August 1879, a night football match was played at the MCG, and ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
10
Taxpayers face a £7.1BN bill to stop Parliament falling down
... Reid with regard to the mechanical installations and simplifies the ventilation system, while also designing special gas lighting for the interior. «Daily Mail, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Gas lighting [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/gas-lighting>. Apr 2024 ».
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