aereous

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English

Etymology

From Latin aer +‎ -ous.

Adjective

aereous (comparative more aereous, superlative most aereous)

  1. Resembling or consisting of air.
    • 2014, Joost T van Dongen, Francesco Licausi, Low-Oxygen Stress in Plants: Oxygen Sensing and Adaptive Responses to Hypoxia:
      It should be kept in mind that for horticultural crops, oxygen supply to the root mainly occurs through open, aereous pores in a substrate, which may be logged at water contents above approximately 75%.
    • 2015, Peter Distelzweig, Benjamin Goldberg, Evan R. Ragland, Early Modern Medicine and Natural Philosophy:
      “The primary difference between blood-particles, and the aereous particles and spirits, is size.”

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