gaseous state
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1. the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | state, state of matter, |
| definition | : | (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container) (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | gaseous, |
| definition | : | existing as or having characteristics of a gas (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | gassy, |
| definition | : | resembling gas (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | gaseous, |
| definition | : | existing as or having characteristics of a gas (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | gassy, |
| definition | : | resembling gas (adj.all) |
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