- to disperse or discharge as an aerosol: a liquid that is too thick to aerosolize;techniques that aerosolize the fuel prior to combustion.
- to release (the droplets, or fine particles, within one’s respiratory system) into the air as part of the process of talking, breathing, whistling, coughing, sneezing, etc.: Even when you sing, you’re aerosolizing particles from your respiratory tract.With every cough and sneeze, the infected person profusely aerosolizes viral pathogens.
- to contain or pack in aerosol form: Now I’ve heard everything—they’ve aerosolized coffee that I can just spray into my cream.
