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GASEOUS STATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
Synonyms:
gas; gaseous state
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("gaseous state" is a kind of...):
state; state of matter ((chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container))
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