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1. fine particles of a liquid 2. a. a liquid, such as perfume, paint, etc., designed to be discharged from an aerosol or atomizer b. the aerosol or atomizer itself spray2 Botany a single slender shoot, twig, or branch that bears buds, leaves, flowers, or berries, either growing on or detached from a plant spray [′sprā] (astrophysics) An explosive release of gas in all directions from the sun's chromosphere, with velocities as high as 930 miles (1500 kilometers) per second, which normally occurs in the first minutes of a flare. (engineering) A mechanically produced dispersion of liquid into a gas stream; as drops are large, the spray is unstable and the liquid will fall free of the gas stream when velocity decreases.
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