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Audio Help [gas-ee-uh
s, gash-uh
s] Pronunciation Key | 1. | existing in the state of a gas; not solid or liquid. |
| 2. | pertaining to or having the characteristics of gas. |
| 3. | Informal. lacking firmness or solidity; uncertain; not definite. |
| 4. | gassy (defs. 1, 3). |
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gaseous
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| gas·e·ous
Audio Help (gās'ē-əs, gāsh'əs) Pronunciation Key
adj.
gas'e·ous·ness n. |
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| gaseous | |
adjective | |
| existing as or having characteristics of a gas; "steam is water is the gaseous state" [ant: solid, liquid] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
gaseous [ˈgӕsiəs] adjective
Example: a gaseous substance
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
| gas
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One of four main states of matter, composed of molecules in constant random motion. Unlike a solid, a gas has no fixed shape and will take on the shape of the space available. Unlike a liquid, the intermolecular forces are very small; it has no fixed volume and will expand to fill the space available. gaseous adjective (gās'ē-əs, gāsh'əs) |
| The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
- Of, relating to, or existing as a gas.
- Full of or containing gas; gassy.
gas
e·ous·ness n.
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Main Entry: gas·eous
Pronunciation: 'gas-E-&s, 'gash-&s
Function: adjective
: having the form of or being gas; also : of or
relating to gases
| Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc. |
gaseous
adj. Deserving of being gassed. Disseminated by Geoff Goodfellow while at SRI; became particularly popular after the Moscone-Milk killings in San Francisco, when it was learned that the defendant Dan White (a politician who had supported Proposition 7) would get the gas chamber under Proposition 7 if convicted of first-degree murder (he was eventually convicted of manslaughter).
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Gaseous
Gas"e*ous\ (? or ?; 277), a. [From Gas. Cf. F. gazeux.]1. In the form, or of the nature, of gas, or of an a["e]riform fluid. 2. Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous. "Unconnected, gaseous information." --Sir J. Stephen.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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