Definition of gaseous state Gaseous state
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What does gaseous state mean?
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| gaseous state - the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container | ||
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| state of matter, state (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container); "the solid state of water is called ice" | ||
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gaseous state
State of matter in which the matter concerned occupies the whole of its container irrespective of its quantity.\n(Source: DICCHE)
