aerosol

Etymology

From aero- +‎ sol (“solution”).

Noun

aerosol (plural aerosols)

1. A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.

   Examples of common aerosols are mist, fog, and smoke. (JCS Pub. 1-02).

2. A dispersion of fine particles of a solid or liquid in a pressurized or liquefied gas propellant for release as an aerosol spray.

   An aerosol was used to force the flea powder out of the can.

3. (physics) A colloidal system in which the dispersed phase is composed of either solid or liquid particles and in which the dispersal medium is some gas, usually air.

References

• “aerosol” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

Anagrams

• roseola

Noun

aerosol m

1. aerosol

Further reading

• aerosol in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• aerosol in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Etymology

aero- +‎ sol

Noun

aerosol m (invariable)

1. aerosol (all senses)

Etymology

From aero- +‎ sol (solution)

Noun

aerosol m (definite singular aerosolen, indefinite plural aerosoler, definite plural aerosolene)

1. an aerosol

References

• “aerosol” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From aero- +‎ sol (solution)

Noun

aerosol m (definite singular aerosolen, indefinite plural aerosolar, definite plural aerosolane)

1. an aerosol

References

• “aerosol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /âerosoːl/
• Hyphenation: a‧e‧ro‧sol

Noun

ȁerosōl m (Cyrillic spelling а̏еросо̄л)

1. aerosol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aeɾoˈsol/

Noun

aerosol m (plural aerosoles)

1. aerosol (gaseous or airborne cloud of particulate matter)

Further reading

• “aerosol” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.