Meaning of pseudoair | Babel Free
Definitions
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An artificially created gas that mimics air. uncountable
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A false appearance or seeming. uncountable
Examples
“[…] in which the air or pseudoair is thick and viscous; in which the only substance common to both sets of dimensions and thus available for combat purposes is a synthetic material so treated and so saturated as to be of enormous mass and inertia.”
“One electrode is a Pt electrode exposed directly to a sample gas, while the other is a Pt pseudoair electrode which is covered with a CO oxidation catalyst.”
“The two idealized test gases could be considered pseudoair and pseudohelium; both follow the gamma-law and have the same specific heat ratio.”
“There was a brief burst of disorientation, nausea and vertigo, followed by a second rush of pseudo-air, and then I was standing.”
“That is to say, he talks a man's language without any of the pseudoair of condescension that confuses the non-articulate.”
“She now exuded a pseudoair of sanctimony and sophistication.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.