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Aerosol

//ˈɛɚ.əˌsɔl// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.

    "Examples of common aerosols are mist, fog, and smoke."

  2. 2
    a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas) wordnet
  3. 3
    An aerosol can.
  4. 4
    a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas wordnet
  5. 5
    The payload (e.g. insecticide, paint, oil, cosmetics) and propellant contained by an aerosol can.
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  1. 6
    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.
Verb
  1. 1
    To spray with an aerosol. transitive

    "The door entrance and space going up the steps was aerosoled just before passengers started to enter. A second spray was given after they were aboard."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From aero- + sol (“solution”).

Etymology 2

From aero- + sol (“solution”).

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