gasification

Gasification denotes:

• Gasification , the transfer of liquids or solids into a gaseous state
  • also with the carburettor in the Otto engine
  • in the technical process of biomass gasification
• the use of (poison) gas to kill living things:
  • in the First World War an attack with poison gas, see chemical weapon
  • under National Socialism, see gas chamber (mass murder)
  • a method of execution in the United States, see gas chamber (death penalty)
  • the killing of day-old chicks in poultry farming

See also:

• Phrase " until gassing "

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.