Gas (disambiguation)

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Gas may refer to:

In science:

• Gas, one of the phases of matter
• A short form for gasoline (petrol), especially in North America
• Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), also called "cooking gas", including propane and butane

• Autogas LPG used in motor vehicles

• Natural gas, a gaseous fossil fuel consisting primarily of methane

In medicine:

• The medical effects of gas being generated in the digestive tract, bloating, burping, flatulence
• The Children’s Global Assessment Scale, used by psychiatrists to assist with assessing children under 18
• The General Adaptation Syndrome
• The bacteria Streptococcus pyogenes, commonly known as Group A Strep, or simply GAS.

Gas may also refer to:

• The surname Gass
• Gas, Eure-et-Loir, a commune in Eure-et-Loir, France
• Gas, Kansas, USA
• Gas (band), an ambient music artist
• Gas (comic), a British adult comic
• The Gas, a late 1970s, early 1980s new wave music band
• (colloquial): diffuse prolix speech
• Slang for anabolic steroids (e.g., "on the gas")
• High velocity or the ability to generate it, when in reference to a pitcher in baseball
• Bristol Rovers FC, so named for their original proximity to a local gasworks

GAS may stand for:

• GAS, a Japanese Hardcore Punk band
• Getaway Special, an experiment bay on the Space Shuttle
• GNU Assembler, a computer language assembler
• Gear Acquisition Syndrome, used by musicians (e.g. guitarists, keyboard/synthesizer players, drummers etc.) and amateur photographers amongst themselves to express their (somewhat compulsive) need for buying more gear^{[citation needed]}
• Galpin Auto Sports, a customising garage featured on the TV show Pimp My Ride
• Greater Augusta Swimming, a year-round swim team in Augusta Georgia.
• Nick GAS (Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids), a U.S. cable television network
• Gunner's Auxiliary Sight, a backup targeting system for the main gun of the M1 Abrams tank.

It is also used in military terminology to refer to an imminent or occuring chemical weapon attack, often said three times in succession to inform nearby personnel to don protective gear immediately. (e.g. "Gas, gas, gas!")