Definitions for Aerosol

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Aerosol aer·o·sol

Spelling: [air-uh-sawl, -sol]

IPA: /ˈɛər əˌsɔl, -ˌsɒl/

Aerosol is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 176 anagrams from letters in Aerosol (aeloors).

Definitions for Aerosol

noun

1. Physical Chemistry. a system of colloidal particles dispersed in a gas; smoke or fog.
2. a liquid substance, as a disinfectant or deodorant, sealed in a metal container under pressure with an inert gas or other activating agent and released as a spray or foam through a push-button valve or nozzle:
3. aerosol bomb.

adjective

1. of or containing a liquid or gas under pressure for dispensing as a spray or foam:

Origin of Aerosol

First recorded in 1920-25; aero- + sol⁴

Examples for Aerosol

Solvents and aerosol sprays also decrease the heart and respiratory rates, and impair judgment.

So Rey and Maupin sprayed the guards with their own Mace-type aerosol and took off running in a panic.

She flinched and misted a cloud of aerosol capsicum ahead of her.

One Christian man complained about “the idea that angels would forsake their divinity for aerosol cologne,” according to Jezebel.

The aerosol mist of blood would have been visible through the scope.

A drop or so of the aerosol on the skin is enough, I understand.