Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

334. Gaseity — N. gaseity†; vaporousness &c adj.; flatulence,

flatulency; volatility; aeration, aerification. elastic fluid, gas, air, vapor, ether, steam, essence, fume, reek, effluvium, flatus; cloud &c 353; ammonia, ammoniacal gas†; volatile alkali; vacuum, partial vacuum. [Science of elastic fluids] pneumatics, pneumatostatics†; aerostatics†, aerodynamics. gasmeter†, gasometer†; air bladder, swimming bladder, sound, (of a fish). V. vaporize, evaporate, evanesce, gasify, emit vapor &c 336; diffuse. Adj. gaseous, aeriform†, ethereal, aerial, airy, vaporous, volatile, evaporable†, flatulent.