1
: having the form of or being gas
also
: of or relating to gases
2
a
: lacking substance or solidity
b
: gassy sense 3
trick phrases and gaseous circumlocutions—
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gaseousness
noun
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a substance changing from a liquid to a gaseous state
a pompous professor known for his gaseous lectures that often put students to sleep
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EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Officials said a chemical reaction caused styrene, which is naturally a liquid, to heat up into a gaseous state.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2024
To that gaseous stew, which is harder to mitigate in this dense city, idling contributes something like 130,000 tons every year.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2024
Under the bombardment of sunlight, methane ice transforms to reactive gaseous particles that eventually fuse into larger aerosol molecules such as acetylene, ethylene and ethane.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Gaseous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gaseous. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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gaseous
adjective
gas·eous
ˈgas-ē-əs 
ˈgash-əs
1
: having the form of or being gas
2
: of or relating to gas
3
: lacking solidity
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