What does aerosol mean?

Definitions for aerosol
ˈɛər əˌsɔl, -ˌsɒlaerosol

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. aerosolnoun

    a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas

  2. aerosol, aerosol container, aerosol can, aerosol bomb, spray cannoun

    a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)

Wiktionary

  1. aerosolnoun

    A gaseous or airborne cloud of particulate matter, either as a solid, liquid, or gas, which forces another substance out of a spray can.

    An aerosol was used to force the flea powder out of the can.

  2. aerosolnoun

    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.

  3. aerosoladjective

    In a gaseous or airborne cloud of particulate matter, either solid, liquid, or gas

    The paint came as a can of fast-drying aerosol spray.

  4. Etymology: From aero- < + sol#Etymology 4.

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  1. aerosol

    An aerosol is a suspension of fine solid particles or liquid droplets in a gas. Aerosols can be natural or artificial. Examples of natural aerosols are fog, dust, forest exudates and geyser steam. Examples of artificial aerosols are haze, smoke, smog, and air pollution. Aerosols can also refer to products packed under pressure with a propellant for release as a spray.

  2. aerosol

    An aerosol is a suspension of fine solid particles, liquid droplets or both in a gas, such as the atmosphere. These tiny particles can be naturally occurring, like those from volcanic eruptions or dust storms, or human-made, such as those from pollution. Typically, aerosols are small enough to stay suspended in the atmosphere for a period of time before gradually settling down due to gravity. They can have various effects on human health, climate, and the environment.

Wikidata

  1. Aerosol

    An aerosol is a suspension of fine solid particles or liquid droplets in a gas. Examples are clouds, and air pollution such as smog and smoke. In general conversation, aerosol usually refers to an aerosol spray can or the output of such a can. Aerosols have many technological applications including aerosol sprays; dispersal of pesticides; medical treatment of respiratory illnesses and in combustion technology. Aerosol science covers a wide range of topics, such as generation and removal of aerosols, technological application and their impacts on the environment and people.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of aerosol in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of aerosol in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of aerosol in a Sentence

  1. Jim Kossin:

    Aerosol decrease may lead to good health, but on the other hand, hurricane risk increases. This is where good things accompany bad things. It's kind of like pros and cons. tropical cyclones are fairly random animals, and they respond to the random nature of the atmosphere at any given time.

  2. Anthony Fauci:

    Particularly now that we're getting some inklings that there's transmission of infection from an asymptomatic person who is not coughing, who is not sneezing, who just appears well. Well, then how do you think that's happening ? it very well could be aerosol. Maybe not aerosol, you know, that goes on for hours. But even the slight aerosol in which you're talking to somebody. If that's the case, we should at least look at the data and try to make a decision about that.

  3. Van Kerkove said.Read MoreShe:

    We have been talking about the possibility of airborne transmission and aerosol transmission as one of the modes of transmission of Covid-19, as well as droplet. We've looked at fomites. We've looked at fecal oral. We've looked at mother to child. We've looked at animal to human, of course as well.

  4. Pawan Gupta:

    We knew we would see changes in atmospheric composition in many places during the lockdown, but I have never seen aerosol values so low in the Indo-Gangetic Plain at this time of year.

  5. William Schaffner:

    Are there side streets where it can become an aerosol and spread into the air ? Yes.

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