Aerosol

English

Etymology

From aero- (from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (“‘air’”)) + sol.

Adjective

Aerosol (not comparable)

Positive Aerosol

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)

1. In a gaseous or airborne cloud of particulate matter, either solid, liquid, or gas

   The paint came as a can of fast-drying aerosol spray.

Noun

Wikipedia

Singular Aerosol

Plural {{{1}}}

Aerosol ({{{1}}})

1. A gaseous or airborne cloud of particulate matter, either as a solid, liquid, or gas, which forces another substance out of a spray can.

   An aerosol was used to force the flea powder out of the can.

2. Template:Physical chemistry 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.

Translations

gaseous or airborne cloud of particulate matter

Croatian: aerosol hr(hr) m. Esperanto: aerosolo eo(eo) Finnish: ponnekaasu fi(fi)

Ido: aerosolo io(io) Russian: аэрозоль ru(ru) m. Spanish: aerosol es(es) m.

colloidal system

Croatian: aerosol hr(hr) m. Finnish: aerosoli fi(fi)

Russian: аэрозоль ru(ru) m.

Derived terms

• aerosolisation
• aerosolise

Anagrams

• roseola

References

• Template:R:Online Etymology Dictionary

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Croatian

Noun

Aerosol m. sg.

1. Template:Physical chemistry aerosol

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Italian

Etymology

aero- +‎ sol

Noun

aerosol m. inv.

1. aerosol (all senses)

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Norwegian

Noun

Aerosol

1. aerosol

Inflection

    Inflection of Aerosol

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	Aerosol	Aerosolen	Aerosoler	Aerosolene
Nynorsk m	Aerosol	Aerosolen	Aerosolar	Aerosolane

ar:aerosol et:aerosol fr:aerosol io:aerosol hu:aerosol nl:aerosol no:aerosol pl:aerosol ru:aerosol fi:aerosol ta:aerosol tr:aerosol vi:aerosol zh:aerosol