Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A gaseous suspension of fine solid or liquid particles.
- noun A substance, such as paint, detergent, or insecticide, packaged under pressure with a gaseous propellant for release as a spray of fine particles.
- noun An aerosol can.
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- noun A
gaseous orairborne cloud ofparticulate matter, either as a solid, liquid, or gas, which forces another substance out of a spray can. - noun physical chemistry A
colloidal system in which thedispersed phase is composed of eithersolid orliquid particles and in which thedispersal medium is somegas , usuallyair .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)
- noun a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Now add jet fuel (basically kerosene) into it, turned into an aerosol from a catastrophic impact.
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To disseminate the biological agents, the Fort Detrick scientists hid them in aerosol spray systems inside fountain pens, walking sticks, light bulbs and even in the exhaust pipes of a 1953 Mercury.
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Expect it to be on offer in aerosol form by 2012, combined with a warm cookie scent.
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It has risen sharply in the 1990s concurrently with the dramatic increase in Chinese aerosol emissions.
Risk Management Solutions Ltd and the 37 Professors « Climate Audit
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Chances are, it's the differntial in aerosol use from day to day.
Boing Boing: September 21, 2003 - September 27, 2003 Archives
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"And it is the first time we have gotten global long-term aerosol information over land to go with information already available on aerosol measurements over the world's oceans."
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"And it is the first time we have gotten global long-term aerosol information over land to go with information already available on aerosol measurements over the world's oceans."
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"And it is the first time we have gotten global long-term aerosol information over land to go with information already available on aerosol measurements over the world's oceans."
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"And it is the first time we have gotten global long-term aerosol information over land to go with information already available on aerosol measurements over the world's oceans."
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"And it is the first time we have gotten global long-term aerosol information over land to go with information already available on aerosol measurements over the world's oceans."
yarb commented on the word aerosol
CUT COSTLY RESEARCH!
is aerosoled on
the Chemistry Wing.
VIVA RESEARCHERS!
say I. Long may my
heroes pay homage
to what ennobles
sapiens man - the
great non-mystery
of what is conceived
by puny us to
be mysterious.
- Peter Reading, CUT COSTLY RESEARCH!, from Nothing for Anyone, 1977
June 26, 2008