Aerosols

/ˈɛərəsɒlz/ noun

Tiny particles or liquid droplets suspended and floating in air, or containers that spray these particles.

From 'aero-' (air) and 'sol' (from Latin solution, meaning dissolved substance). The term was coined in the 1920s-1930s to describe both the floating particles and the spray cans that produce them.

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