gaseous

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The volume of natural gas in a liquid form is about 600 times smaller than its volume in a gaseous state in natural-gas pipelines, according to the U.S.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026

The measurements show an active and turbulent environment, with winds of gaseous metals including iron and calcium flowing through the cloud.

From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2026

It shoots lasers at atoms of rubidium, a soft, silvery-white metal, that are held in a gaseous form in a small glass vial.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Her gauzy, often gaseous, rhetoric made her sound like a dean of students at a small liberal arts college.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2025

The body becomes dust and trees and exploding fire, it becomes gaseous and disappears, and still there is eternity.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya