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carbon monoxide

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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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