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Definition of Airlessness
1. Noun. The state or condition of being poorly ventilated; lacking good air circulation, having stale air. ¹
2. Noun. The state or quality of a (relative) vacuum. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Airlessness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Airlessness
Literary usage of Airlessness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Emile Coué, the Man and His Work by Hugh Vibart Macnaghten (1922)
"The rest of us try to follow in his steps, and some of us are actually surprised
at our success in not minding very much the airlessness, and worse than ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1890)
"Whatever is seen before sunset on that March day, of dirt, of airlessness, of
savage foods, of impregnable stupidity, may be easily massed and excused in a ..."
3. The Writings of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens, Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1894)
"... yet he took particular notice at the time, as he afterwards had occasion to
remember, of the airlessness and closeness of the house ; that they left the ..."
4. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1921)
"The degree of density to the X-ray was surprising in the absence of consolidation
or fluid, and may be taken to some extent as evidence for the airlessness ..."
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