aeriform

American  

[air-uh-fawrm, ey-eer-] / ˈɛər əˌfɔrm, eɪˈɪər- /

adjective

1. having the form or nature of air; gaseous.

2. unsubstantial; unreal.

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aeriform British  

/ ˈɛərɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

1. having the form of air; gaseous

2. unsubstantial

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Etymology

Origin of aeriform

First recorded in 1780–90; aeri- + -form

Example Sentences

These aeriform songs rarely involve drums, which makes them feel timeless, at least in the short term.

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2023

Here, the aeriform melodies at his back feel so beautiful, the brutality of his words vanishes in the breeze.

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2022

Solids, at certain temperatures, are converted into liquids; and liquids, in like manner, when heated to certain degrees, become aeriform fluids or gases.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 575, November 10, 1832 by Various

All bodies are either solid, liquid, or aeriform.

From A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. by Anonymous

Arguing thus, Priestley, of course, named the new aeriform substance dephlogisticated air, and thought of it as ordinary air deprived of some, or it might be all, of its phlogiston.

From The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry by Muir, M. M. Pattison