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AERIFORM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aeriform mean?
• AERIFORM (adjective)
The adjective AERIFORM has 2 senses:
1. resembling air or having the form of air
2. characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
Familiarity information: AERIFORM used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling air or having the form of air
Synonyms:
aeriform; airlike
Similar:
gaseous (existing as or having characteristics of a gas)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
Synonyms:
aerial; aeriform; aery; airy; ethereal
Context example:
physical rather than ethereal forms
Similar:
insubstantial; unreal; unsubstantial (lacking material form or substance; unreal)
Context examples
An elastic aeriform fluid in which the molecules are separated from one another and have freedom of movement.
(Gas Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
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