gaseous

adjective

gas·eous | \ ˈga-sē-əs

, ˈga-shəs\

Definition of gaseous

1 : having the form of or being gas also : of or relating to gases

2a : lacking substance or solidity

b : gassy sense 3 trick phrases and gaseous circumlocutions— Edwin Newman

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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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The standard model is humanity's own system: The inner planets are rocky and solid, outer planets are gaseous. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Mysterious Iron Exoplanet Could Reveal the Secrets of Our Own Solar System," 5 Feb. 2019 The bottom row of primary jets (7) are used not to fuel the fire but rather to induce a process called gasification, which converts the fuel in the wood into a gaseous form that burns more efficiently than burning the wood directly. — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, "Things Come Apart: The Biolite Campstove," 15 Mar. 2017 The waxing gibbous moon dances with the large, gaseous Jupiter on the evening of June 23 in the southeast. — Blaine Friedlander, Washington Post, "Space nerds, mark your calendar — Astronomy night on the Mall is Saturday," 20 June 2018 The gaseous hydrogen that will power the trains will be pumped in from a 40-foot-high steel container near the tracks at Bremervörde station. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "First Hydrogen-Powered Trains Rolling in Germany," 19 Sep. 2018 Scientists can then make some guesses as to whether the planet is rocky or gaseous. — Brian Resnick, Vox, "NASA retired Kepler, a telescope that discovered thousands of worlds beyond our solar system," 1 Nov. 2018 The results are helping fill in details of her hypothesis that the moon was formed from a stew of gaseous rock surrounding the early earth—and solve a 50-year-old mystery. — Joe Barrett, WSJ, "MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Winners Include Sci-Fi Junkie and an MIT Economist," 4 Oct. 2018 Researchers believe that about half of the carbon remains in its pure form while the rest of it binds with hydrogen, creating either greasy aliphatic carbon or gaseous naphthalene, the stuff used in mothballs. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "Our Galaxy Is Really Greasy and Smells Like Moth Balls," 28 June 2018 The oily gaseous mixture then deposits on the intake valves via the positive crankcase ventilation, or PCV, system. — Bob Weber, chicagotribune.com, "Drivers can ship your car cross country," 8 July 2018

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