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Definition of Aeriform

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

2. Adjective. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air. "Physical rather than ethereal forms"

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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