单词 | gaseity |
释义 | gaseityn. Now rare. Gaseous character; the state or condition of being a gas. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > [noun] > state or condition of gazity1799 gaseity1804 gaseosity1827 gassiness1869 1804 W. Nicholson tr. A.-F. de Fourcroy Gen. Syst. Chem. Knowl. I. i. iii. 57 The three states of solidity, liquidity, and gaseity, depend on the different proportions of fire combined in bodies. 1804 C. H. Wilkinson Elements Galvanism I. vii. 173 It [sc. caloric] is..sensible and thermometrical, contributing nothing to the solidity, fluidity, or gaseity, of bodies. 1870 R. A. Proctor Other Worlds than Ours xii. 281 Some of these objects give the bright line spectrum indicative of gaseity. 1922 D. N. Clark Universal Law Org. Progress 12 Density is a concomitant of decreasing gaseity and of increasing solidarity. 1970 R. J. Hollingdale tr. A. Schopenhauer Ess. & Aphorisms 213 As soon as we arrive at..inflexibility, or fluidity, or gaseity, we stand before modes of expression which are just as mysterious to us as the thought and will of man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1804 |
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