inert gas

noun

A gas which does not undergo chemical reactions or does so only under rare circumstances.

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noble gasargonon
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Meanings

nouninert gas (plural inert gases)

plural inert gases

  1. chemistryA gas which does not undergo chemical reactions or does so only under rare circumstances.
    1. specificallychemistryA noble gas.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic table

Similar
noble gasargonon
Broader
chemical elementelementgas
Also see
noble gas

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish inertti kaasu
  • inertti kaasunon-reactive gas
French gaz inerte
  • gaz inertenon-reactive gas
German Inertgas
  • Inertgasnon-reactive gas
Irish gás támh
  • gás támhnon-reactive gas
Japanese 不活性ガス
  • 不活性ガス (fukassei gasu)non-reactive gas
Malay gas nadir
  • gas nadirnon-reactive gas
Portuguese gás inerte
  • gás inertenon-reactive gas
Russian ине́ртный газ
  • ине́ртный газ (inɛ́rtnyj gaz)non-reactive gas
Slovak inertný plyn
  • inertný plynnon-reactive gas
Spanish gas inerte
  • gas inertenon-reactive gas
Tagalog matigal na buhag
  • matigal na buhagnon-reactive gas
Vietnamese khí trơ
  • khí trơnon-reactive gas
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APA

inert gas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inert%20gas

MLA

“inert gas.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inert%20gas. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inert gas,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inert%20gas.

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