aeriform
Americanadjective
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having the form or nature of air; gaseous.
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unsubstantial; unreal.
adjective
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having the form of air; gaseous
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unsubstantial
Etymology
Origin of aeriform
Example Sentences
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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
But aeriform matter still has density and weight, and this means that matter in this state combines the two opposing qualities.
From Man or Matter by Lehrs, Ernst
You see, this process of living is very simple indeed; our chemists merely extracted the vital parts of vegetables, herbs, cereals, fruits, nuts, flowers, etc., and reduced them to aeriform.
From Born Again by Lawson, Alfred
It has been observed that such stupendous discharges of aeriform and fragmentary matter may be attended with the emission of little or no lava.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
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