afterdamp
English
Alternative forms
- after-damp
Noun
afterdamp (usually uncountable, plural afterdamps)
- (mining) Suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp, consisting of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and sometimes hydrogen sulfide.
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