Gas-like

Gas-like describes something that possesses characteristics resembling those of a gas. This could involve the way a substance behaves, its appearance, or its tendency to spread and occupy the available space. These characteristics often include a lack of definite shape or volume, the ability to diffuse easily, and a susceptibility to compression and expansion, the same as a gas. The term can also refer to properties that are similar, though not necessarily identical, to those of a true gas such as rapid expansion.

Gas-like meaning with examples

• The expanding foam sealant had a gas-like quality as it filled the cracks, spreading quickly and conforming to the irregular spaces. It exhibited a noticeable lack of a rigid form, expanding as a gas, but solidifying with time. Its quick expansion into its environment, before its solidification, meant there was no containment needed for it to work.
• The perfume dispersed into the air in a gas-like cloud, carrying its fragrance throughout the room. The aroma diffused through the air quickly, and the cloud quickly became less and less defined due to the lack of any shape. Its fast movement reminded the onlookers of a gas, expanding and spreading in an uncontrolled fashion.
• The experimental fluid behaved in a gas-like manner when heated, rapidly expanding to fill the container. Its volatility and compressibility resembled that of a gas, yet the fluid itself was not a gas. It quickly expanded and quickly filled the container as a gas would in a controlled, yet fast, environment.
• The exhaust fumes from the engine escaped into the atmosphere in a gas-like plume, disappearing into the distance as they expanded. The movement of the plume reminded everyone of how gases moved. They quickly mixed and expanded in the atmosphere, and were quickly not visible anymore, making the entire movement of the exhaust gas-like.
• During the chemical reaction, a volatile substance formed a gas-like vapor that enveloped the laboratory. The vapor spread rapidly, indicating a lack of defined shape or volume, and it became visible in the atmosphere in an expanding mass, much like a gas would behave in the situation. The expansion was uncontrollable, and visible.