Gaseous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gaseous \Gas"e*ous\ (? or ?; 277), a. [From {Gas}. Cf. F.
     gazeux.]
     1. In the form, or of the nature, of gas, or of an
        a["e]riform fluid.
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     2. Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous. "Unconnected,
        gaseous information." --Sir J. Stephen.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gaseous
       adj : existing as or having characteristics of a gas; "steam is
             water is the gaseous state" [ant: {solid}, {liquid}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  69 Moby Thesaurus words for "gaseous":
     adulterated, aerial, aerodynamic, aerostatic, aery, air-built,
     airy, attenuate, attenuated, chimerical, cloud-built, cut, dilute,
     diluted, dreamlike, ethereal, fanciful, fatuitous, fatuous, fine,
     flimsy, fuming, fumy, gasified, gasiform, gaslike, gassy,
     gossamery, illusory, imaginary, insubstantial, mephitic, miasmal,
     miasmatic, miasmic, oxyacetylene, oxygenous, ozonic, phantomlike,
     pneumatic, rare, rarefied, reeking, reeky, shadowy, slight,
     smoking, smoky, spirituous, steaming, steamy, subtile, subtle,
     tenuous, thin, thinned, thinned-out, uncompact, uncompressed,
     unreal, unsubstantial, vaporing, vaporish, vaporlike, vaporous,
     vapory, watered, watered-down, windy