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aeriform

[air-uh-fawrm, ey-eer-] / ˈɛər əˌfɔrm, eɪˈɪər- /


ADJECTIVE
gaseous
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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

What is the cause of bodies being either solid, liquid, or aeriform?

From A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. by Anonymous

Thus there is reason to describe also from the modern point of view the solid and liquid states as essentially 'cold', and the aeriform state as 'warm'.

From Man or Matter by Lehrs, Ernst

The idea of a winged angel, therefore, necessarily implies a belief in the presence of a solid material body moving through an aeriform fluid, resembling the atmosphere just above the earth's surface.

From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Inman, Thomas




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