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Aerosol

Aerosol

See also: aerosol and aérosol

German

Noun

Aerosol n (genitive Aerosols, plural Aerosole)

  1. aerosol (dispersion)

Declension

aerosol

aerosol

See also: Aerosol and aérosol

English

Noun

aerosol (plural aerosols)

  1. A liquid or solid composed of finely divided particles suspended in a gaseous medium.
    Examples of common aerosols are mist, fog, and smoke. (JCS Pub. 1-02).
  2. 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.
  3. (physics) A colloidal system in which the dispersed phase is composed of either solid or liquid particles and in which the dispersal medium is some gas, usually air.

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References

  • aerosol” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Italian

Etymology

aero- + sol

Noun

aerosol m (invariable)

  1. aerosol (all senses)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From aero- + sol (solution)

Noun

aerosol m (definite singular aerosolen, indefinite plural aerosoler, definite plural aerosolene)

  1. an aerosol

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From aero- + sol (solution)

Noun

aerosol m (definite singular aerosolen, indefinite plural aerosolar, definite plural aerosolane)

  1. an aerosol

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /âerosoːl/
  • Hyphenation: a‧e‧ro‧sol

Noun

ȁerosōl m (Cyrillic spelling а̏еросо̄л)

  1. aerosol

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Spanish

Noun

aerosol m (plural aerosoles)

  1. aerosol (gaseous or airborne cloud of particulate matter)