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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A colorless, odorless, highly poisonous gas, CO, formed by the incomplete combustion of carbon or a carbonaceous material, such as gasoline.
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- noun inorganic chemistry A colourless, odourless, flammable, highly toxic
gas
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- noun an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
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