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adj. - Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; Resembling a gas or having the form of a gas.

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Usage examples (36)
  • Figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away
  • What is the cause of bodies being either solid, liquid, or aeriform?
  • The secretion of the liver (bile) is fluidform; that of the lungs is aeriform.
  • On page 214 he describes and figures an apparatus for taking the galvano-electric spark into fluid and aeriform substances.
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