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aerogel

noun
/ˈɛɹ.oʊ.d͡ʒɛl/US

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.

  1. derived from *gel-✻
  2. derived from gelatus
  3. derived from gelatina
  4. derived from gélatine
  5. prefixed as aerogel — “aero + gel”

Definitions

  1. A porous, ultralight solid-state substance, similar to gel, in which the liquid component…

    A porous, ultralight solid-state substance, similar to gel, in which the liquid component is replaced with gas.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for aerogel. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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