the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. In the form, or of the nature, of gas, or of an aëriform fluid.
adj. Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In the form of gas or an aëriform fluid; of the nature of gas.
Figuratively, wanting substance or solidity; flimsy.
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adj. existing as or having characteristics of a gas
Word Usage
"It also shows large isotope effects, since condenses to liquid at 4.2 K, while the more rare isotope remains in gaseous form down to 3.2 K. Helium was first liquefied by Heike Kamerlingh-Onnes in 1909."