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gas hydrate

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gas hydrate [¦gas ′hī‚drāt]
(geochemistry)
A naturally occurring solid composed of crystallized water (ice) molecules, forming a rigid lattice of cages (a clathrate) with most of the cages containing a molecule of natural gas, mainly methane. Also known as clathrate hydrate, gas clathrate.
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