aerosol

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.
2. An aerosol can.
3. The payload (e.g. insecticide, paint, oil, cosmetics) and propellant contained by an aerosol can.
4. 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.

Verb

To spray with an aerosol.

Sinonieme

spray

aerosol bomb

spray can

aerosol can

aerosol container

fogger

atomiser

nebuliser

atomizer

mister

nebulizer

sprayer

smoke agent

atmospheric particulate

smoking agent

smoke substance

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɛɚ.əˌsɔl/

Etimologie (Engels)

From aero- + sol (“solution”).