degas

¹

[ dee-gas ]

verb (used with object)

, de·gassed, de·gas·sing.

1. to free from gas.
2. Electronics. to complete the evacuation of gases in (a vacuum tube).

Degas

²

[ dey-gah; French duh-gah ]

noun

1. Hi·laire Ger·main Ed·gar [ee-, ler, zhe, r, -, man, ed-, gar], 1834–1917, French impressionist painter.

degas

¹

/ diːˈɡæs /

verb

1. tr to remove gas from (a container, vacuum tube, liquid, adsorbent, etc)
2. intr to lose adsorbed or absorbed gas by desorption

Degas

²

/ ˈdeɪɡɑː; dəɡɑ /

noun

1. DegasHilaire Germain Edgar18341917MFrenchARTS AND CRAFTS: painterARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor Hilaire Germain Edgar (ilɛr ʒɛrmɛ̃ ɛdɡar). 1834–1917, French impressionist painter and sculptor, noted for his brilliant draughtsmanship and ability to convey movement, esp in his studies of horse racing and ballet dancers

Derived Forms

• deˈgasser, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of degas¹

First recorded in 1915–20; de- + gas

Example Sentences

They connected it to a computer model that calculates CO2 degassing of underwater volcanoes along mid-ocean ridges -- the sites where plates diverge and new ocean crust is born.

From Science Daily

"Volcanic sulfur degassing from such activity could have caused repeated short-lived global drops in temperature"

From Salon

"Evacuation of the miners is being carried out," the Kemerovo emergency services said, reporting that a degassing box had caught fire on the surface.

From Reuters

When that happens, high-pressure fluid rises along the fault while the pressure slowly goes down, instantaneously degassing dissolved carbon dioxide or methane in ways that expand their volume and thus the cracks.

From Salon

“Then, the pressure is released in a slow, controlled manner to allow sufficient time for degassing without bubble re-formation.”

From Seattle Times