Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
existing as or having characteristics of a gas;
- Example: "steam is water is the gaseous state"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gaseous \Gas"e*ous\ (? or ?; 277), a. [From Gas. Cf. F.
gazeux.]
1. In the form, or of the nature, of gas, or of an
a["e]riform fluid.
[1913 Webster]
2. Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous. "Unconnected,
gaseous information." --Sir J. Stephen.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gaseous
adj 1: existing as or having characteristics of a gas; "steam is
water is the gaseous state" [ant: liquid, solid]