aeriform
Example Sentences
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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 solid surface of the earth has two envelopes, one liquid, and the other aeriform.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Alexander von Humboldt
Most aeriform bodies, when subjected to compression, are made to occupy a space which diminishes in the exact ratio of the increase of the compressing force.
From Familiar Letters on Chemistry by Justus, Freiherr von Liebig
As a rule the arteries are empty after death, and Praxagoras believed that they were filled with an aeriform fluid, a sort of pneuma, which was responsible for their pulsation.
From The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 by William Osler
