aerosol
English
Noun
aerosol (plural aerosols)
- A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.
- A dispersion of fine particles of a solid or liquid in a pressurized or liquefied gas propellant for release as an aerosol spray.
- An aerosol was used to force the flea powder out of the 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.
Derived terms
Translations
gaseous or airborne cloud of particulate matter
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References
- “aerosol” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
Czech
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
aerosol m (definite singular aerosolen, indefinite plural aerosoler, definite plural aerosolene)
- an aerosol
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
aerosol m (definite singular aerosolen, indefinite plural aerosolar, definite plural aerosolane)
- an aerosol
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /âerosoːl/
- Hyphenation: a‧e‧ro‧sol
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aeɾoˈsol/
Further reading
- “aerosol” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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