Gaseous
['gæsɪəs;'geɪsɪəs] or ['ɡæsɪəs]
Definition
(adj.) existing as or having characteristics of a gas; 'steam is water is the gaseous state' .
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Definition
(a.) In the form, or of the nature, of gas, or of an aeriform fluid.
(a.) Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous.
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Examples
- So hot is the sun's atmosphere that iron, nickel, copper, and tin are present in it in a gaseous state. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- That is the latent heat which is set free to work when the steam coming in contact with the cold changes the vapor from its gaseous to a liquid state. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It is due to rapid evaporation, which in changing the water from a liquid to a gaseous form, abstracts heat from the hands. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The nineteenth century is the age of kinetic energy: the energy of either solid, liquid, gaseous or electrical matter transformed into useful work. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Other substances also come off in gaseous form, but they condense in the water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The liquid ammonia now passes into the gaseous state, and is conducted to and reabsorbed by the water in the generator. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Until quite recently the physicist divided gaseous matter into condensable vapors and permanent vapors. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- We see water passing from solid ice to liquid water and gaseous steam, by a mere rise in temperature, and conversely, by abstraction of heat, steam passes back to water, and then to ice. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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