aerosol

aerosol definitions

verb
  • To spray with an aerosol. 

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

  • An aerosol can. 

  • A colloidal system in which the dispersed phase is composed of either solid or liquid particles and in which the dispersal medium is some gas, usually air. 

  • The payload (e.g. insecticide, paint, oil, cosmetics) and propellant contained by an aerosol can.