gasification

noun

gas·​i·​fi·​ca·​tion ˌga-sə-fə-ˈkā-shən 

: conversion into gas

especially : conversion of coal into natural gas

Examples of gasification in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Photo: Elizabeth Waugh/Getty Images For more than three decades, gasification technology has promised a smarter conversion of coal to electricity. —Peter Fairley, IEEE Spectrum, 25 May 2012

Residential heating difficulties stemming from dependence on coal forced China to backtrack on gasification efforts except in some particularly polluted urban locales. —Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025

The company also offers a biomass gasification system that can use rice husks as a feedstock to generate electricity, as well as backup diesel generators. —Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025

The National Energy Technology Laboratory has a good explanatory video of pre-combustion gasification technology. —Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1812, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gasification

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration