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aeriform, a.|ˈɛərɪfɔːm|
[f. L. āer air + -form. Cf. Fr. aériforme.]
1. Of the form of air or vapour, gaseous.
1782Kirwan in Phil. Trans. LXXII. 209 This intirely depends on the state of this same substance, which, when fixed and concrete, is called phlogiston, and, when rarified and aëriform, inflammable air. 1822J. Imison Sc. & Art I. 126 Pneumatics is the science which treats of the mechanical properties of elastic or aeriform fluids. 1860Piesse Lab. Chem. Wonders 125 Many gases which are only known to exist in an aëriform state in our climate, become first liquids, and then solid substances.
2. fig. Unsubstantial, intangible, unreal.
1828Carlyle Misc. (1857) I. 176 The figures light and aëriform, come unlooked for, and melt away abruptly. 1831― Sart. Res. (1858) 104 Of Man's Activity and Attainment the chief results are aeriform.
3. quasi-n. An aeriform fluid; a gaseous body.
1865Macvicar in Reader No. 147. 462/3 The volumes of aëriforms. |