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aeriform

[air-uh-fawrm, ay-eer-] / ˈɛər əˌfɔrm, eɪˈɪər- /


ADJECTIVE
gaseous
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These aeriform songs rarely involve drums, which makes them feel timeless, at least in the short term.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2023

Here, the aeriform melodies at his back feel so beautiful, the brutality of his words vanishes in the breeze.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2022

The water absorbed by the plant evaporating in an aeriform state leaves the saline and other mineral constituents within it.

From Familiar Letters on Chemistry by Justus, Freiherr von Liebig

The Dial too, it is all spirit-like, aeriform, aurora-borealis like.

From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I by Thomas Carlyle

The regular and constant constituents of the atmosphere are the elements oxygen and nitrogen, which, at the temperature and pressure existing on the surface of our globe, are permanently aeriform or gaseous.

From The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science by John William Dawson




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