PLEBO

In ancient Rome, the plebs were the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians, as determined by the census. From the 4th century BC or earlier, they were known as commoners (part of the lower social status).
Literary references to the plebs, however, usually mean the ordinary citizens of Rome as a whole, as distinguished from the elite -— a sense retained by “plebeian” in English. In the very earliest days of Rome, plebeians were any tribe or clan without advisers to the King. In time, the word – which is related to the Greek word for crowd, plethos – came to mean the common people.

mga plebo
plebs

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BIOGAS

pagbigkas: bayogas

Ang biogas ay isang gas na nagmumula sa pagkalusaw ng mga organikong materyales.

Bio-gas is a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide produced by bacterial degradation of organic matter and used as a fuel.

Ginagamit ang biogas bilang fuel o “panggatong” na nagpapaandar sa mga makina tulad ng sasakyan. (Halimbawa ng “fuel” ay ang gasolina.)

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