aerosol

Definition

A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.

Etymology

From aero- + sol (“solution”).

Example Sentences

• "Examples of common aerosols are mist, fog, and smoke."
• "The entire side of the barge chases itself inward, like the steel has become liquid and is running down a deain, and the metal turns bright as shock waves simply turn that thick layer of rust into an aerosol, blast it free from the steel borne on a wave of sound so powerful that it hurts Hiro down inside his chest and makes him feel sick."