Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation compressed natural gas

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  • initialism petrochemistry compressed natural gas

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Examples

  • Furthermore, CNG is more economical than gasoline and also reduces vehicle maintenance costs.

    Lloyd Mexico Economic Report - July 1999 2006

  • Furthermore, CNG is more economical than gasoline and also reduces vehicle maintenance costs.

    Lloyd Mexico Economic Report - July 1999 2006

  • Wiedenbeck stated that CNG vehicles produce between 20 and 40 percent lower greenhouse-gas emissions than standard gasoline-powered vehicles, and she termed CNG fuel to be "a reliable, lower-cost, environmentally friendly alternative to traditional fuel."

    Aspen Times - Top Stories John Colson Glenwood Springs correspondent Aspen, 2009

  • With CNG-ONLINE, the hosted version of CNG's award winning document management software called CNG-SAFE, financial advisors, broker-dealers, and independent agents do not have to be concerned with maintaining server hardware or backing up their documents.

    EFYTIMES.COM - by EFY NEWSNETWORK TEAM mailto:efynm1@efyindia.com 2010

  • Billionaire industrialist T. Boone Pickens called CNG "the only renewable source of energy," said Commissioner Joe Bowles, who voted with Brigham.

    The Augusta Chronicle admin 2010

  • Billionaire industrialist T. Boone Pickens called CNG "the only renewable source of energy," said Commissioner Joe Bowles.

    The Augusta Chronicle admin 2010

  • I don't think he's so much supporting the notion of CNG light duty vehicles, as he is the idea of using our own natural gas resources to improve energy security.

    Energy Tribune 2009

  • According to the company the CNG is the prime energy-source for the future.

    Top Speed 2008

  • Methane is used for motor vehicles in the form of "CNG," which stands for "compressed natural gas."

    Archive 2007-03-01 James Killus 2007

  • Methane is used for motor vehicles in the form of "CNG," which stands for "compressed natural gas."

    Methane: a dossier James Killus 2007

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