"aerogel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: aerogels [plural]
Etymology: From aero- + gel. First attested in the early 1920s as a coinage credited to British-Irish chemist Frederick G. Donnan, originally in reference to coagulated aerosols. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|aero|gel}} aero- + gel, {{etydate/the|early 1920s}} the early 1920s, {{etydate|early 1920s|nodot=1}} First attested in the early 1920s Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} aerogel (countable and uncountable, plural aerogels)
  1. A porous, ultralight solid-state substance, similar to gel, in which the liquid component is replaced with gas. Wikipedia link: Frederick G. Donnan, Proceedings of the Royal Society, aerogel Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: X-aerogel Translations (ultralight solid-state substance): aerogel [masculine] (Catalan), aerogeeli (Finnish), aérogel [masculine] (French), Aerogel [neuter] (German), αεροπήκτωμα (aeropíktoma) [neuter] (Greek), aerogél (Hungarian), aerojelo (Ido), aerogel [masculine] (Italian), 에어로젤 (eeorojel) (Korean), aerożel [masculine] (Polish), aerogel [masculine] (Portuguese), ਏਰੋਜੈੱਲ (ērojailla) (Punjabi), аэроге́ль (aerogélʹ) [masculine] (Russian), aerogel [masculine] (Spanish), aerojel (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-aerogel-en-noun-jscNFERb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with aero-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for aerogel meaning in English (3.6kB)

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