Aerosol Definition
ârə-sôl, -sŏl
aerosols
noun
aerosols
A gaseous suspension of fine solid or liquid particles.
American Heritage
A suspension of colloidal particles in a gas.
Webster's New World
A substance, such as paint, detergent, or insecticide, packaged under pressure with a gaseous propellant for release as a spray of fine particles.
American Heritage
An aerosol can.
American Heritage
A gaseous or airborne cloud of particulate matter, either as a solid, liquid, or gas, which forces another substance out of a spray can.
An aerosol was used to force the flea powder out of the can.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- spray-can
- aerosol bomb
- aerosol-can
- aerosol container
- vaporizer
- watercart
- sprayer
- sparger
- aspergillum
- aspergil
adjective
Designating or of a small container in which gas under pressure is used to aerate and dispense a liquid spray through a valve.
Webster's New World
Dispensed by such a container.
An aerosol insecticide, paint, medication.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Aerosol
Noun
Singular:
aerosol
Plural:
aerosolsOrigin of Aerosol
-
From aero- +sol (“solution”).
From Wiktionary
aero– sol(ution)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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