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Meanings of gaseous in English

Portuguese
gasoso

Existing as or having characteristics of a gas.

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        Usage of gaseous in English
        1
        For the great planet bore a gaseous envelope thousands of miles deep.
        Last and First Men
        2
        In the gaseous atmosphere, neutral crystals formed and fell like powdered rain.
        General Max Shorter
        3
        In its impalpable gaseous character we clearly perceived the consummation of Fate.
        The apocalypse reader
        4
        The gaseous mixture offers no measurable impediment to the rays of heat.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882
        5
        Arsenic and antimony in powder combine with this gaseous body with incandescence.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886
        6
        It can be dissolved cold in nitric acid, discharging little gaseous bubbles.
        The Wonders of Instinct: Chapters in the Psychology of Insects
        7
        Significant linear correlations between gaseous PAH concentration and log-transformed height were observed.
        Pubmed
        8
        There are three characteristics of the gaseous condition which bring this out.
        Man or Matter / Introduction to a Spiritual Understanding of Nat...
        9
        Her ascensional power was due to the very lightest of gaseous bodies.
        Robur the Conqueror
        10
        Huggins has found that the spectrum of this nebula is not gaseous.
        Aether and Gravitation
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        But the gaseous fuel requires bulkier tanks than those designed for liquids.
        Wired
        12
        A gaseous stench burst from his remains and Kostaki choked on it.
        Anno Dracula
        13
        To be smokeless, a gunpowder must yield only gaseous products of combustion.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891
        14
        Their gaseous foundation there would be as firm as igneous rock here.
        Ancient and Modern Physics
        15
        Subcutaneous emphysema does not require puncture unless gaseous, or unless pus forms.
        Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy / A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy a...
        16
        Fuels for steam boilers may be classified as solid, liquid or gaseous.
        Steam, Its Generation and Use
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        Portuguese
        gasoso
        Gaseous through the time
        Gaseous across language varieties
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