liquefied petroleum gas

English

Noun

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

1. (petrochemistry) 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)

Translations

LPG

• Catalan: gas liquat del petroli m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 液化石油氣／液化石油气 (zh) (yèhuà shíyóuqì)

• Finnish: nestekaasu (fi)
• French: gaz de pétrole liquéfié (fr) m
• German: Flüssiggas (de) n
• Hungarian: propán-bután gáz, PB-gáz, cseppfolyós gáz, autógáz
• Japanese: 液化石油ガス (ja) (ekika sekiyu gasu)
• Korean: 액화석유가스 (aekhwaseogyugaseu)
• Portuguese: gás liquefeito de petróleo m
• Romanian: gaz de petrol lichid n, gaz de sondă lichid n
• Russian: сжи́женный углеводоро́дный газ m (sžížennyj uglevodoródnyj gaz)
• Swedish: gasol (sv) c
• Welsh: nwy petroliwm hylifol m

See also

• liquified natural gas; LNG
• liquid helium
• liquid nitrogen
• liquid oxygen
• liquid air