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| 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
- 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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