Meaning of GASEOUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'gaseeus
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| | Definition: | | [adj] existing as or having characteristics of a gas; "steam is water is the gaseous state" |
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| | Synonyms: | | aeriform, aerosolised, aerosolized, airlike, evaporated, foamy, frothy, gasified, gassy, vaporific, vaporised, vaporish, vaporized, vaporous, vapourish, volatilised, volatilized |
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| | Antonyms: | | liquid, solid | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Gas"e*ous\ (? or ?; 277), a. [From {Gas}. Cf. F.
gazeux.]
1. In the form, or of the nature, of gas, or of an
a["e]riform fluid.
2. Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous. ``Unconnected,
gaseous information.'' --Sir J. Stephen.
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| | Related Terms: | | adulterated, aerial, aerodynamic, aerostatic, aery, air-built, airy, attenuate, attenuated, chimerical, cloud-built, cut, dilute, diluted, dreamlike, ethereal, fanciful, fatuitous, fatuous, fine, flimsy, fuming, fumy, gasified, gasiform, gaslike, gassy, gossamery, illusory, imaginary, insubstantial, mephitic, miasmal, miasmatic, miasmic, oxyacetylene, oxygenous, ozonic, phantomlike, pneumatic, rare, rarefied, reeking, reeky, shadowy, slight, smoking, smoky, spirituous, steaming, steamy, subtile, subtle, tenuous, thin, thinned, thinned-out, uncompact, uncompressed, unreal, unsubstantial, vaporing, vaporish, vaporlike, vaporous, vapory, watered, watered-down, windy |
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