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Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class III. Words Relating to Matter
Section II. Inorganic Matter
2. Fluid Matter
1. Fluids in General

334. Gaseity.

   NOUN:GASEITY, gaseousness, vaporousness &c. adj.; flatulence or flatulency; volatility; aëration, aërification; gasification.
  ELASTIC FLUID, gas, air, vapor or vapour, ether, steam, fume, reek, effluvium, flatus; cloud [See Bubble, Cloud]; ammonia, ammoniacal gas; volatile alkali.
  [SCIENCE OF ELASTIC FLUIDS] pneumatics, pneumatology, pneumatonomy, pneumatostatics; aërostatics, aërodynamics, aëroscopy, aërography, aërology, aëromechanics.
  pneumatoscope, pneumatometer, gasometer, gas meter; air -, swimming- bladder, sound (of a fish).
   VERB:GASIFY, aërify, aërate; emit vapor [See Vaporization].
   ADJECTIVE:GASEOUS, gasiform, aëriferous, aëriform, ethereal, aëry, aërial, airy, vaporous, volatile, evaporable, flatulent.
  pneumatolytic, aërostatic or aërostatical, aërodynamic, aëromechanic.