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  • 11aeriform — /ˈɛərəfɔm/ (say airruhfawm) adjective 1. having the form or nature of air; gaseous. 2. designed to create very little air resistance, as a car body, aircraft wing, etc. 3. Rare unsubstantial; unreal …

  • 12aeriform —   a. lacking substance, unreal; gaseous …

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  • 13aeriform — adj. 1 of the form of air; gaseous. 2 unsubstantial, unreal. Etymology: L aer AIR + FORM …

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  • 14aer|i|form — «AIR uh frm, ay IHR », adjective. 1. having the form of air; gaseous: »substances existing in an aeriform state. 2. Figurative. unsubstantial; unreal: »aeriform figures, aeriform attainments. ╂[< Latin āēr, āeris air + English form …

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  • 15gas — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. aeriform or elastic fluid; vapor, fume, reek; air, ether; fuel, gasoline, petrol; bombast, hot air (sl.); gas attack. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A state of matter] Syn. vapor, volatile substance, fumes,… …

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  • 16aery — I noun 1. the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle) • Syn: ↑aerie, ↑eyrie, ↑eyry • Hypernyms: ↑bird s nest, ↑bird nest, ↑birdnest 2 …

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  • 18Marooned on Mercury — was a Dan Dare story that ran in the original Eagle comic from Volume 3, Issue 12 (Dated 27 June, 1952 to Volume 3, Issue 46 (Dated 20 February, 1953). It was drawn by Frank Hampson and Harold Johns.ynopsisDan s ship crashes into a lake of molten …

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  • 19Disgregation — In the history of thermodynamics, disgregation was defined in 1862 by Rudolf Clausius as the magnitude of the degree in which the molecules of a body are separated from each other.[1] This term was modeled on certain passages in French physicist… …

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  • 20aerify — /air euh fuy , ay ear /, v.t., aerified, aerifying. 1. to aerate. 2. to make aeriform; convert into vapor. [1840 50; AERI + FY] * * * …

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