An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
GASEOUS
gaseous
(adjective) existing as or having characteristics of a gas; “steam is water is the gaseous state”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
gaseous (comparative more gaseous, superlative most gaseous)
Relating to, or existing as, gas.
Of a liquid containing bubbles: gassy.
Tenuous or indefinite.
Source: Wiktionary
Gas"e*ous ( or ; 277), a. Etym: [From Gas. Cf. F. gazeux.]
1. In the form, or of the nature, of gas, or of an aëriform fluid.
2. Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous. "Unconnected, gaseous information." Sir J. Stephen.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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