Gaseous (Adjective)
Meaning
Existing as or having characteristics of a gas; "steam is water is the gaseous state".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The balloons were filled with a gaseous mixture of helium and air.
- Carbon dioxide is a gaseous byproduct of the combustion of fossil fuels.
- At high temperatures, the metal turned into a gaseous state and escaped into the atmosphere.
- The astronauts had to navigate through the gaseous clouds of a distant planet.
- Nitrogen is a gaseous element that makes up a large portion of the Earth's atmosphere.