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GASEOUS

Pronunciation (US):

• GASEOUS (adjective)
The adjective GASEOUS has 1 sense:

1. existing as or having characteristics of a gas

Familiarity information: GASEOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

• GASEOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Existing as or having characteristics of a gas

Context example:

steam is water is the gaseous state

Similar:

aeriform; airlike (resembling air or having the form of air)

aerosolised; aerosolized (in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas)

evaporated (drawn off in the form of vapor)

foamy; frothy (relating to or containing gas bubbles)

gasified; vaporized; vapourised; volatilised; volatilized (converted into a gas or vapor)

gassy (resembling gas)

vaporific; vaporish; vaporous; vapourific; vapourish; vapourous (resembling or characteristic of vapor)

Attribute:

state; state of matter ((chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container))

Antonym:

liquid (existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow)

solid (of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous)

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