aerosol

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈɛɹəsɔl/
• (British) IPA: /ˈɛəɹəsɒl/

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. (JCS Pub. 1-02).

2. An aerosol can.
3. The payload (e.g. insecticide, paint, oil, cosmetics) and propellant contained by an aerosol can.
4. (physics) 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.

Translations

• French: aérosol
• German: Aerosol
• Italian: aerosol
• Portuguese: aerossol
• Russian: аэрозо́ль
• Spanish: aerosol

Translations

• Italian: aerosol
• Russian: аэрозо́ль

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