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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | LPG 1. Linguaggio Procedure Grafiche (Italian for "Graphical Procedures Language"). dott. Gabriele Selmi. Roughly a cross between Fortran and APL, with graphical-oriented extensions and several peculiarities. Underlies the products of CAD.LAB Spa. "Graphical Procedure Language User's Guide and Reference Manual", CAD.LAB, Bologna, Italy, 1989, order code GO89/9. 2. Langage de Programmation Generique. An applicative language, both specification and functional. Special emphasis on parametrised declarations. "Design and Implementation of a Generic, Logic and Functional Programming Language", D. Bert et al, ESOP 86, LNCS 213, Springer 1986. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Energy | A mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons, mainlypropane and butane that change into liquid form under moderate pressure. LPG orpropane is commonly used as a fuel for rural homes for space and water heating, asa fuel for barbecues and recreational vehicles, and as a transportation fuel. It isnormally created as a by-product of petroleum refining and from natural gasproduction. (LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
LPG | English | Liquefied petroleum gas | Chemical Industry, Meteorology & Standards |
LPG | German | Listenprogrammgenerator | Computing |
| LPG Tanker | English | Liquefied Petroleum Gas Tanker | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: LPGSynonym: Liquefied petroleum gas. (additional references) |
Crosswords: LPG |
| Specialty definitions using "LPG": LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS ♦ TLAs. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "LPG" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (liquefied petroleum gas, LPG). |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | In Italy, there are presently 2,200 distributors of LPG (12% of total). (references) | |
However, the cost of converting vehicles to use LPG remains a key factor limiting its uptake. (references) | ||
The ethane is sent to Jubail and Yanbu; the LPG is exported from Ras Tanura, Ju'aymah and Yanbu; the natural gas is exported from Ras Tanura and Yanbu; and the propane, butane and natural gasoline are used domestically as industrial feedstock. (references) | ||
Economic History | Kenya | Lack of any facilities to import and store LPG has necessitated the refinery to run a crude mix to maximize LPG production. (references) |
Kenya | Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited (KPR), refines crude oil into LPG, gasoline, jet fuel, kerosene, diesel, gas oil and fuel oil. (references) | |
Yemen | Subsidies for diesel, kerosene and cooking LPG are likely to be reduced by the end of 2001. The free market sets all other prices. (references) | |
Trade | Thailand | The Thailand Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) is the national standards organization under the Ministry of Industry . TISI is empowered to give product certifications according to established Thai standards and is an accredited body for ISO and HACCP certifications in Thailand . The government of Thailand requires a compulsory certification of sixty products in ten sectors including: agriculture, construction materials, consumer goods, electrical appliances and accessories, PVC pipe, medical, LPG gas containers, surface coatings, and vehicles . Certification of other products is on a voluntary basis . Industrial products that have TISI's certification are generally regarded as having high standards and good quality . TISI has certified more than 1,921 products on a voluntary basis. (references) |
Travel | Kenya | Bottled LPG is available, but supply cannot always be guaranteed. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "LPG" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 78.57% of the time. "LPG" is used about 28 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 78.57% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Noun (common) | 10.71% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (singular) | 7.14% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.57% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 28 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "LPG": lpg-laden. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
lpg | 227 | heater lpg | 4 |
conversion lpg | 32 | lpg conversion kit | 4 |
lpg map site | 20 | lpg vehicle | 4 |
lpg tank | 17 | lpg pump | 4 |
lpg endermologie | 11 | generator lpg | 4 |
gaz lpg | 10 | boiler lpg | 4 |
lpg cylinder | 9 | lpg usa | 4 |
lpg radio | 8 | filling lpg station | 4 |
lpg regulator | 7 | installateur lpg | 4 |
lpg software | 7 | gpl lpg | 4 |
car lpg | 6 | lpg recovery unit | 4 |
g3 lpg | 6 | filling lpg system | 4 |
lpg station | 6 | lpg meter | 4 |
lpg system | 6 | lpg vaporizer | 4 |
gids lpg | 5 | frankrijk lpg | 4 |
gas lpg valve | 5 | fuel lpg | 4 |
costa lpg rica | 5 | bottle lpg | 4 |
installaties lpg | 5 | lpg range rover | 3 |
gadfly lpg | 5 | inbouw lpg | 3 |
autogas lpg | 4 | dispenser lpg | 3 |
lpg equipment | 3 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "LPG"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | flaskegasmotor (liquefied petroleum gas engine, LPG engine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | LPG (liquefied petroleum gas), L.P.G. (liquefied petroleum gas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | likva petrolgaso (liquefied petroleum gas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | moteur GPL (LPG engine), moteur gaz de pétrole liquéfié (LPG engine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Flüssiggasmotor (liquefied petroleum gas engine, LPG engine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | κινητήρας LPG (liquefied petroleum gas engine, LPG engine), κινητήρας με υγραέριο (liquefied petroleum gas engine, LPG engine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | motore a gas liquefatto di petrolio (liquefied petroleum gas engine, LPG engine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | 액체 석 가스. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | lpgay motor a gás de petróleo liquefeito (liquefied petroleum gas engine, LPG engine). (various references) motor de gas licuado de petróleo (liquefied petroleum gas engine, LPG engine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "g-l-p" | |
+1 letter: glop, gulp, plug. | |
+2 letters: galop, glops, glyph, gulps, gulpy, plage, plugs. | |
+3 letters: apolog, epilog, gallop, galops, gloppy, glumpy, glyphs, gospel, gulped, gulper, lapdog, loping, magilp, megilp, paling, pelage, phlegm, piglet, piling, plagal, plages, plague, plaguy, pledge, plight, plough, plunge, plying, poling, proleg, prolog, puling, pungle, putlog, unplug. | |
+4 letters: apogeal, apologs, apology, cleping, earplug, eloping, epigeal, epilogs, galipot, gallops, galoped, galumph, glimpse, glopped, gluepot, glyphic, glyptic, gospels, graplin, grapnel, grapple, graupel, gripple, gulpers, gulpier, gulping, gunplay, gyplure, helping, kelping, lamping, lapdogs, lapping, lapsing, lapwing, leaping, limping, lipping, lisping, looping, lopping, louping, lumping, magilps, megilph, megilps, paginal, palings, palling, palming, parling, pealing, peeling, pegless, peglike, pelages, pelagic, pelting, pergola, phlegms, phlegmy, piglets, piglike, pignoli, pigtail, pilgrim, pilings, pillage, pilling, placing, plagued, plaguer, plagues, plaguey, planing, plating, playing, pledged, pledgee, pledger, pledges, pledget, pledgor, plights, ploughs, plowing, ploying, plugged, plugger, plugola, plumage, pluming, plunged, plunger, plunges, podgily, polling, polygon, pooling, prolegs, prologs, prolong, pudgily, pulings, pulling, pulping, pulsing, pungled, pungles, purling, putlogs, sapling, sliping, sloping, spangle, spangly, spiegel, spiling, splodge, splurge, splurgy, unplugs, upfling, upflung, uplight, yelping. | |
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