Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A gaseous suspension of fine solid or liquid particles.
  • noun A substance, such as paint, detergent, or insecticide, packaged under pressure with a gaseous propellant for release as a spray of fine particles.
  • noun An aerosol can.

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

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)
  • noun a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[aero– + sol(ution).]

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From aero- < Ancient Greek ἀήρ ("air") + sol ("solution").

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  • CUT COSTLY RESEARCH!

    is aerosoled on

    the Chemistry Wing.

    VIVA RESEARCHERS!

    say I. Long may my

    heroes pay homage

    to what ennobles

    sapiens man - the

    great non-mystery

    of what is conceived

    by puny us to

    be mysterious.

    - Peter Reading, CUT COSTLY RESEARCH!, from Nothing for Anyone, 1977

    June 26, 2008