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aerosols

aerosols is the plural of aerosol.

aerosols is the third-person singular simple present indicative of aerosol.

Meaning of aerosol

Noun

aerosol (plural aerosols)

  1. A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.
    • Examples of common aerosols are mist, fog, and smoke.
  2. An aerosol can.
  3. The payload (e.g. insecticide, paint, oil, cosmetics) and propellant contained by an aerosol can.
  4. A colloidal system in which the dispersed phase is composed of either solid or liquid particles and in which the dispersal medium is some gas, usually air.

See all 5 meanings of aerosol

Questions about aerosols

What is aerosols the plural of?
Aerosols is the plural of aerosol.

Words near aerosols in the dictionary

  1. aerosolized
  2. aerosolizer
  3. aerosolizers
  4. aerosolizes
  5. aerosolizing
  6. aerosols
  7. aerosonde
  8. aerosondes
  9. aerospace
  10. aerospace engineer
  11. aerospace engineering

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