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aerosol

e ruh sol

  • n  a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas
  • n  a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)

  • Aerosol men figure that the pushbutton foods will help double sales of aerosol products by 1961.
  • Exploring the ozone loss When the Government cracked down on the use of chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons in aerosol sprays three years ago, a major row erupted.
  • Shriver is raising money to mail string to Iraq (aerosol cans are haz-mat and costly to ship).
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  • Pat Buchanan in AFP
    We actually believe he was attempting to create an aerosol or some kind of fume that would ignite later,Buchanan said.
  • Ross Mirkarimi in Los Angeles Times
    The naysayers said there were other more important issues,Mirkarimi said. "But this city was among the first to ban smoking, aerosol cans and the pull tabs on soda cans."
  • Kip Hawley in San Jose Mercury News
    This is not complicated,TSA head Kip Hawley said this week in reminding fliers of the new rules. "If you dump it out on the table and it retains its form, it's not a liquid, aerosol or gel."

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