liquefied petroleum gas

English

Noun

liquefied petroleum gas (countable and uncountable, plural liquefied petroleum gases)

A mixture of propane and butane with traces of some other gases, which is kept in a liquid state at high pressure in metal bottles, and used as a source of gas for cooking, heating and as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles.

Synonyms

LPG
autogas (in UK, Europe and Australia)

See also

liquified natural gas; LNG

Translations

LPG

Chinese:
Mandarin: 液化石油氣 (zh), 液化石油气 (zh) (yèhuà shíyóuqì)
Finnish: nestekaasu (fi)
French: gaz de pétrole liquéfié (fr) m

German: Flüssiggas (de) n
Japanese: 液化石油ガス (ekika sekiyu gasu)
Romanian: gaz de petrol lichid n, gaz de sondă lichid n
Russian: сжи́женный углеводоро́дный газ m (sžížennyj uglevodoródnyj gaz)

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