aeriform

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These aeriform songs rarely involve drums, which makes them feel timeless, at least in the short term.

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2023

Here, the aeriform melodies at his back feel so beautiful, the brutality of his words vanishes in the breeze.

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2022

The solids, liquids, and aeriform fluids of our globe are all, as has been stated, reducible into fifty-five substances hitherto called elementary. 

From Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Chambers, Robert

The solid surface of the earth has two envelopes, one liquid, and the other aeriform.

From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von

Above that temperature it passes into the liquid state, and is called water; and when raised to the temperature of 212�, under ordinary circumstances, it passes into the aeriform state, and is called steam.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 575, November 10, 1832 by Various