aerosol

  1. Adjective.  In a gaseous or airborne cloud of particulate matter, either solid, liquid, or gas.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

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