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Synonyms for gaseous


Grammar : Adj
Spell : gas-ee-uh s, gash-uh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæs i əs, ˈgæʃ əs



Définition of gaseous

Origin :
  • 1799, from gas (n.) + -ous.
  • adj vaporous
Example sentences :
  • The laughter that followed the exposure of this gaseous trick may be imagined.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 » by Various
  • Huggins has found that the spectrum of this nebula is not gaseous.
  • Extract from : « Aether and Gravitation » by William George Hooper
  • Occupying so much bulk it could not have been solid, nor yet liquid, but it might have been gaseous.
  • Extract from : « Pioneers of Science » by Oliver Lodge
  • Some of the nebulæ are now known to be gaseous, and some of them at least are in a state of rotation.
  • Extract from : « Pioneers of Science » by Oliver Lodge
  • It seems strange, indeed, that any gaseous mass should move at such a speed!
  • Extract from : « Astronomy of To-day » by Cecil G. Dolmage
  • They contain within them stars, clusters, and gaseous nebulæ.
  • Extract from : « Astronomy of To-day » by Cecil G. Dolmage
  • All fuels must be put into a gaseous state before they will burn.
  • Extract from : « Motors » by James Slough Zerbe
  • It will take just double the amount of fuel to convert the water into a gaseous state.
  • Extract from : « Motors » by James Slough Zerbe
  • It is of this attenuated, gaseous matter that you are composed.
  • Extract from : « The Gay Gnani of Gingalee » by Florence Huntley
  • For the change of volume in gaseous bodies by heat, see Expansion.
  • Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure

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