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n. - A large gas-tight spherical or cylindrical tank for holding gas to be used as fuel; A meter for measuring the amount of gas flowing through a particular pipe.

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  • And the millions who stay at home, how are they to be persuaded that the thrill provoked by a locomotive or a gasometer is the real thing?
  • K, has been closed so as to keep the gas in the gasometer.
  • The acetylene formed is disengaged and enters the gasometer.
  • The great gasometer of the South Side gas-works had exploded.
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