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What is the best description of air?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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LEONJONES

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The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, and ponderable., Symbolically: Something unsubstantial, light, or volatile., A particular state of the atmosphere, as respects heat, cold, moisture, etc., or as affecting the sensations; as, a smoky air, a damp air, the morning air, etc., Any aeriform body; a gas; as, oxygen was formerly called vital air., Air in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind., Odoriferous or contaminated air., That which surrounds and influences., Utterance abroad; publicity; vent., Intelligence; information., A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced whole, which may be sung by a single voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody; a tune; an aria., In harmonized chorals, psalmody, part songs, etc., the part which bears the tune or melody -- in modern harmony usually the upper part -- is sometimes called the air., The peculiar look, appearance, and bearing of a person; mien; demeanor; as, the air of a youth; a heavy air; a lofty air., Peculiar appearance; apparent character; semblance; manner; style., An artificial or affected manner; show of pride or vanity; haughtiness; as, it is said of a person, he puts on airs., The representation or reproduction of the effect of the atmospheric medium through which every object in nature is viewed., Carriage; attitude; action; movement; as, the head of that portrait has a good air., The artificial motion or carriage of a horse., To expose to the air for the purpose of cooling, refreshing, or purifying; to ventilate; as, to air a room., To expose for the sake of public notice; to display ostentatiously; as, to air one's opinion., To expose to heat, for the purpose of expelling dampness, or of warming; as, to air linen; to air liquors.

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its a mixture

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compound

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mixture

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