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aeriform

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

adjective

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

  2. unsubstantial; unreal.


aeriform British  
/ ˈɛərɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

  1. having the form of air; gaseous

  2. unsubstantial

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of aeriform

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

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

At first sight some relationship seems to exist between the concept 'element' in this older sense and the modern view of the different states of material aggregation, solid, liquid, aeriform.

From Man or Matter by Lehrs, Ernst

Write you always as it is given you,_ be it in the solid, in the aeriform, or whatsoever way.

From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I by Carlyle, Thomas

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