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gaseous

gas·e·ous [ gássee əss, gáshəss ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. resembling gas: neither solid nor liquid and with a tendency to expand infinitely, as does air

2. containing gas: full of or containing gas

3. verbose: having or using too many words, especially in a meaningless way ( informal )

[Late 18th century. After aqueous]

gas·e·ous·ness noun
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