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Contents 1 Science and technology: gases and liquids 2 Computer science 3 Biological effects 4 Entertainment 5 Other uses 6 As an acronym 7 See also

Gas may refer to:

[edit] Science and technology: gases and liquids

• Gas, one of the phases of matter (Gases, or Gasses Plural)
• Gasoline, a refined fossil fuel, also called petrol
• Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), also called "cooking gas", which includes propane and butane
• Autogas, a type of LPG used in motor vehicles
• Natural gas, a gaseous fossil fuel consisting primarily of methane
• Gassing, destructive gas generation in batteries
• gas giant, a type of planet
• See Category:Gases for a list of gases

[edit] Computer science

• The GNU Assembler

[edit] Biological effects

• As an anaesthetic
• As a poison, see:
  • Gas chamber
  • Poison
  • Toxicology
• The medical effects of gas being generated in the gastrointestinal tract:
  • bloating
  • burping
  • flatulence

[edit] Entertainment

• Gas (film), a 2004 film starring Flex Alexander and Khalil Kain
• Gas (1981 film), a 1981 comedy film
• Gas, the moniker used by British electronic music artist Mat Jarvis
• Gas (musician), an ambient music project by German producer Wolfgang Voigt
• Gas-s-s-s, also called Gas! or It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It, a 1971 Roger Corman movie
• Gas (comic), a British adult comic

[edit] Other uses

• Gas, Eure-et-Loir, a commune in Eure-et-Loir, France
• Gas, Kansas, a town in the United States
• Bristol Rovers FC, an English professional football team so nicknamed for their original proximity to a local gasworks
• GAS, an Italian designer clothing label

[edit] As an acronym

GAS may stand for:

• The Children’s Global Assessment Scale, used by psychiatrists to assist with assessing children under 18
• Galpin Auto Sports, a customising garage featured on the television show Pimp My Ride
• The General Adaptation Syndrome, a model describing responses to stress
• Generalized Audit Software
• Getaway Special, an experiment bay on the Space Shuttle
• The Great American Songbook, a genre of American popular music
• Gunner's Auxiliary Sight, a backup targeting system for the main gun of the M1 Abrams tank
• Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids television network
• Streptococcus pyogenes, a bacterium commonly known as Group A Strep, or GAS
• A dynamical system can have a single globally asymptotically stable (GAS) equilibrium
• Gear Acquisition Syndrome, a term used to describe the urge to acquire and accumulate various equipment
• Germany, Austria and Switzerland

[edit] See also

• Gassing
• Gass
• gaslight
• natural gas

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