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

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

When the principle of attraction prevails, it causes them to become solid; when caloric prevails, they become 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

It has been observed that such stupendous discharges of aeriform and fragmentary matter may be attended with the emission of little or no lava.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various