Defn: Of or pertaining to the measurement of gases; as, gasometric analysis.
GASOMETRY
Gas*om"e*try ( or ), n.
Defn: The art or practice of measuring gases; also, the science which treats of the nature and properties of these elastic fluids. Coxe.
GASOSCOPE
Gas"o*scope, n. Etym: [Gas + -scope.]
Defn: An apparatus for detecting the presence of any dangerous gas, from a gas leak in a coal mine or a dwelling house.
GASP
Gasp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gasped; p. pr. & vb. n. Gasping.] Etym:
[OE. gaspen, gaispen, to yawn, gasp, Icel. geispa to yawn; akin to
Sw. gäspa, Dan. gispe to gasp.]
1. To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently. She gasps and struggles hard for life. Lloyd.
2. To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire. Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain. Spenser.
GASP
Gasp, v. t.
Defn: To emit or utter with gasps; — with forth, out, away, etc.
And with short sobs he gasps away his breath. Dryden.