"inert gas" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: inert gases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} inert gas (plural inert gases)
  1. (chemistry) A gas which does not undergo chemical reactions. Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-inert_gas-en-noun-tB81XaR5 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (chemistry, specifically) A noble gas. Tags: specifically Categories (topical): Chemistry, Noble gases Derived forms: inert gas narcosis Translations (non-reactive gas): իներտ գազ (english: inert gaz) (Armenian), inertti kaasu (Finnish), gaz inerte [masculine] (French), Inertgas [neuter] (German), gás támh [masculine] (Irish), 不活性ガス (fukassei gasu) (Japanese), gas nadir (Malay), gás inerte [masculine] (Portuguese), ине́ртный газ (inɛ́rtnyj gaz) [masculine] (Russian), inertný plyn (Slovak), gas inerte [masculine] (Spanish), matigal na buhag (Tagalog), khí trơ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-inert_gas-en-noun-hI3XiUlo Disambiguation of Noble gases: 20 80 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 77 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 68 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'non-reactive gas': 39 61

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