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gaseous

[gas-ee-uhs, gash-uhs] / ˈgæs i əs, ˈgæʃ əs /
ADJECTIVE
vaporous
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"What revolutionized DNA sequencing wasn't any change in the underlying chemistry. That's remained fundamentally the same," says Brian T. Chait, Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry and Gaseous Ion Chemistry at Rockefeller.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026

Gaseous nitrogen is transformed, or “fixed” into more readily available forms such as ammonia through the process of nitrogen fixation.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

His paper, “Note on the Transmission of Radiant Heat Through Gaseous Bodies,” published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, did not cite Foote’s work.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2020

“We no longer hear anything about environmental issues out west concerning the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant and the massive contamination there,” he said, referring to a former uranium-enrichment facility.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 26, 2019

Gaseous diffusion and the centrifuge appeared to be feasible in theory for the large-scale production of U-235, but both were hobbled by unsolved technical problems, and neither had yet produced any U-235 to speak of.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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