Definitions for aerosols

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aerosols aer·o·sol

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

IPA: /ˈɛər əˌsɔl, -ˌsɒl/

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

You can make 229 anagrams from letters in aerosols (aeloorss).

Definitions for aerosols

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 aerosols

First recorded in 1920-25; aero- + sol⁴

Examples for aerosols

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

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.

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

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

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