Gasting

/ˈɡæstɪŋ/ verb

Definition

The process of making something gastight; sealing or preparing something to prevent gas passage.

Etymology

From 'gastight' + '-ing' (present participle suffix). Technical term in chemistry and engineering, created as needed in the 19th-20th centuries.

Kelly Says

Gasting is the verb form scientists and engineers use when they're in the lab carefully sealing tubes and containers—it's the action behind that crucial gastightness!

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