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gaseous

/gas-ee-uhs, gash-uhs/US // ˈgæs i əs, ˈgæʃ əs //UK // (ˈɡæsɪəs, -ʃəs, -ʃɪəs, ˈɡeɪ-) //

气态的,气态,气体的,气体

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : existing in the state of a gas; not solid or liquid.
    • : pertaining to or having the characteristics of gas.
    • : Informal. lacking firmness or solidity; uncertain; not definite.
    • : gassy.

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Examples

  • Cane burning also produced an estimated 89% of the county’s carbonyls, a category of gaseous pollutants.

  • In the past, astronomers believed Saturn had a rocky core hidden at the center of its mostly gaseous mass.

  • The result is a material that, according to its creators, is almost as bad at conducting heat as gaseous air.

  • A high-pressure onboard tank stores the hydrogen in gaseous form and dispenses it to the vehicle’s fuel cell.

  • Plants have caused a dramatic change in the composition of the atmosphere by releasing gaseous oxygen as a side effect of converting the sun’s light into chemical energy via photosynthesis.

  • Was Obama so gaseous in the classroom when he taught constitutional law?

  • And let's put that Gaseous Diffusion Plant in...well, on second thought, keep it, Kentucky.

  • As it expands into the gaseous state it absorbs heat, and a temperature of -20 C. has thus been produced.

  • We may ask, whether this theory cannot be used to explain the connection between osmotic and gaseous pressure.

  • The constants for gaseous elements represent the constants of the gases under atmospheric pressure.

  • The potentials given for the gaseous elements represent the potentials of the gases under 760 mm.

  • The error was, non-observation of an important portion of the actual residue, namely, the gaseous products of combustion.