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

  • noun A mixture of methane and carbon dioxide produced by bacterial degradation of organic matter and used as a fuel.

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  • noun A mixture of methane and carbon dioxide, produced by anaerobic digestion of organic waste matter, used as a fuel

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Examples

  • The use of personal computers in Italian biogas plants*

    Chapter 6 1984

  • The use of personal computers in Italian biogas plants*Chapter 6.

    Chapter 6 1984

  • Only Chapter 5 on the use of personal computers in Italian biogas plants presents a concrete example of blending of solar technology, biogas, and personal computers.

    Chapter 7 1984

  • It is methane, mixed with carbon dioxide and a few other trace gases, that we call biogas (House, 1978).

    Chapter 5 1982

  • A new bill sponsored by the senator from Nebraska -- Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) -- would subsidize the production of "biogas" -- a renewable source of natural gas processed from cow "flautus."

    Fast Company 2009

  • A new bill sponsored by the senator from Nebraska -- Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) -- would subsidize the production of "biogas" -- a renewable source of natural gas processed from cow "flautus."

    Fast Company 2009

  • A new bill sponsored by the senator from Nebraska -- Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) -- would subsidize the production of "biogas" -- a renewable source of natural gas processed from cow "flautus."

    Fast Company 2009

  • A new bill sponsored by the senator from Nebraska -- Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) -- would subsidize the production of "biogas" -- a renewable source of natural gas processed from cow "flautus."

    Fast Company 2009

  • But the European Union now counts about 8,000 so-called biogas plants, and -- fueled by rising subsidies -- thousands more are expected to be built over the next decade.

    European Farmers Turn to Biogas Plants 2009

  • He has produced some power generators, which we are now doing an experiment in Bangladesh, in two villages where cow manure is producing biogas, which is running these generators.

    Iqbal Quadir says mobiles fight poverty Iqbal Quadir 2005

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