Definition of Aeriform

1. Adjective. Resembling air or having the form of air.

Exact synonyms: Airlike
Similar to: Gaseous

2. Adjective. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air. "Physical rather than ethereal forms"
Exact synonyms: Aerial, Aery, Airy, Ethereal
Similar to: Insubstantial, Unreal, Unsubstantial
Derivative terms: Airiness

Definition of Aeriform

1. Adjective. Pertaining to air, or having a form similar to that of air. ¹

2. Adjective. Light, unsubstantial, or unstable. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aeriform

1. having the form of air [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aeriform

aerialities
aeriality
aerially
aerials
aerian
aerides
aerie
aeried
aerier
aeries
aeriest
aeriferous
aerification
aerified
aerifies
aeriform (current term)
aerify
aerifying
aerily
aerinite
aerious
aero
aero-
aero-odontalgia
aero-odontodynia
aeroallergen
aeroallergens
aeroallergic
aeroatelectasis
aerobactin

Literary usage of Aeriform

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Physics; Or, Natural Philosophy, General and Medical: Comoprised by Neil Arnott (1856)
"... Atmospheric pressure determining the liquid or aeriform state of certain substances. (See the Analysis, page 156.) Tt has already been stated that the ..."

2. An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text Book, for the Use by Denison Olmsted (1832)
"Heat expands all bodies, whether solid, liquid, or aeriform. aeriform bodies are expanded equally by equal additions of heat.* The in- * This and various ..."

3. A Compendium of the Course of Chemical Instruction in the Medical Department by Robert Hare (1828)
"aeriform STATE DEPENDENT ON PRESSURE. Proof that some Liquids would always be aeriform, were it not for the Pressure of the ..."

4. The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy by Humphry Davy, John Davy (1840)
"ON THE STATE OF WATER AND aeriform MATTER IN CAVITIES FOUND IN CERTAIN CRYSTALS.• THERE are few inquiries in natural science more calculated to awaken our ..."

5. Elements of Physics, Or, Natural Philosophy, General and Medical: Explained by Neil Arnott (1831)
"Atmospheric pressure determining the liquid or aeriform state of certain substances. (See the Analysis, page 263.) It has already been stated that the ..."

6. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1833)
"On the State of Water and aeriform Matter in Cavities found in certain Crystals. By Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. PBS Read June 13, 1822. [Phil. Trans. 1822,^. ..."

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