1
: having the form of or being gas
also
: of or relating to gases
2
a
: lacking substance or solidity
b
: gassy sense 3
trick phrases and gaseous circumlocutions—
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gaseousness
noun
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a substance changing from a liquid to a gaseous state
a pompous professor known for his gaseous lectures that often put students to sleep
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Beyond the snow line, water is solid and aggregates readily into nascent planets and asteroids, whereas within the line, water remains gaseous and is harder to capture.
—Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 29 Jan. 2025
Already the busy schedule has another limitation for turning around launches, the use of the commodities like gaseous nitrogen and propellants that have to be flowed to the launch pads, which is mostly done now through a contract with NASA for KSC and Cape Canaveral pads.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2025
Some were gaseous, star-forming regions, such as the Orion nebula, or M42 – the 42nd object in Messier’s catalog – while others were star clusters such as the Pleiades, or M45.
—Chris Impey, The Conversation, 24 Jan. 2025
Flow batteries contain liquid or gaseous electrolytes that flow through cells from tanks, according to the International Flow Battery Forum website:
The interconversion of energy between electrical and stored chemical energy takes place in the electrochemical cell.
—Kat Friedrich, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024
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Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 29 Jan. 2025
Already the busy schedule has another limitation for turning around launches, the use of the commodities like gaseous nitrogen and propellants that have to be flowed to the launch pads, which is mostly done now through a contract with NASA for KSC and Cape Canaveral pads.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2025
Some were gaseous, star-forming regions, such as the Orion nebula, or M42 – the 42nd object in Messier’s catalog – while others were star clusters such as the Pleiades, or M45.
—Chris Impey, The Conversation, 24 Jan. 2025
Flow batteries contain liquid or gaseous electrolytes that flow through cells from tanks, according to the International Flow Battery Forum website:
The interconversion of energy between electrical and stored chemical energy takes place in the electrochemical cell.
—Kat Friedrich, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Gaseous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gaseous. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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gaseous
adjective
gas·eous
ˈgas-ē-əs 
ˈgash-əs
1
: having the form of or being gas
2
: of or relating to gas
3
: lacking solidity
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