AEROSOL

aerosol, aerosol container, aerosol can, aerosol bomb, spray can

(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)

aerosol

(noun) a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

aerosol (plural aerosols)

A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.

An aerosol can.

The payload (e.g. insecticide, paint, oil, cosmetics) and propellant contained by an aerosol can.

(physics) A colloidal system in which the dispersed phase is composed of either solid or liquid particles and in which the dispersal medium is some gas, usually air.

Verb

aerosol (third-person singular simple present aerosols, present participle aerosoling, simple past and past participle aerosoled)

(transitive) To spray with an aerosol.

Anagrams

• roseola

Source: Wiktionary



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