fumes

Noun

Meaning

gases ejected from an engine as waste products

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A Covid victim says the disease has scrambled her senses to the extent that coffee now smells like car fumes, toothpaste tastes like petrol and chocolate is too disgusting to stomach. Source: Internet

After locating a suitably low-cost device, the engineers found that fumes from either the C-3 explosive or the cement used to adhere the sight to the top of the mine corroded the plastic mirrors, rendering them unusable. Source: Internet

Although periodic volcanic eruptions have caused agricultural damage from fumes and ash, earthquakes have been by far more destructive to life and property. Source: Internet

A condition called the zinc shakes or "zinc chills" can be induced by inhalation of zinc fumes while brazing or welding galvanized materials. Source: Internet

An inert, absorbent coating for laser heat treatment has also been developed that eliminates the fumes generated by conventional paint coatings during the heat-treating process with CO2 laser beams. Source: Internet

Alkali manufacturing Friars Goose Alkali Works had the highest chimney in England to disperse hydrochloric acid fumes Before the industrial revolution alkali was mostly used to help with the beaching process of making cloth. Source: Internet

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