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De - Pt| English Dictionary: gaseous | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for gaseous | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Gaseous \Gas"e*ous\ (? [or] ?; 277), a. [From {Gas}. Cf. F. gazeux.] 1. In the form, or of the nature, of gas, or of an a[89]riform fluid. 2. Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous. [bd]Unconnected, gaseous information.[b8] --Sir J. Stephen. | |
| From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
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gaseous adj. Deserving of being {gas}sed. Disseminated by Geoff Goodfellow while at SRI; became particularly popular after the Moscone-Milk killings in San Francisco, when it was learned that the defendant Dan White (a politician who had supported Proposition 7) would get the gas chamber under Proposition 7 if convicted of first-degree murder (he was eventually convicted of manslaughter). | |
