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aerosol

[air-uh-sawl, -sol] / ˈɛər əˌsɔl, -ˌsɒl /




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The aerosol story may help explain part of that acceleration.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

On the window ledge sit the manly accoutrements of shaving: a Barbasol aerosol canister and a safety razor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

High supersaturation acts as the "fuel" that additional fine or ultrafine aerosol particles could use to form more droplets.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

"Ultimately, our goal is to improve the physical understanding and prediction of aerosol effects on deep convection, rainfall, lightning, and climate," said Rosenfeld.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

But it is doubtful if he has an awareness of being caught in an aerosol of chemical attract- ant.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

As the eruption eventually begins to weaken, sulphur dioxide high in the atmosphere forms sunlight-reflecting sulfate aerosols that spread around the northern hemisphere to influence the world’s climate for several years.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Most volcanic ash has fallen out, but sulfur dioxide injected into the stratosphere produces sulfate aerosols which reflect a significant proportion of the Sun’s energy.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

So more aerosols mean brighter clouds and more reflection, and so less warming.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

And it seems aerosols are playing a role.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

“I think the pattern of spread that we saw, and the fact that it spread to new rooms, suggest that Ebola aerosols were being generated and were present in the building,” he said.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston


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