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vapour::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | vapor |
| Type of | suspension |
| Has types | water vapour, steam, water vapor |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | evaporation, vapor, vaporisation, vaporization |
| Type of | phase transition, physical change, phase change, state change |
| Has types | smoke, clouding, clouding up, boiling, smoking |
Examples of vapour
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Any excess of water vapour will come out of the air in a matter of days as rain.
From the independent.co.uk
If water vapour is the key greenhouse gas, why are man-made emissions important?
From the guardian.co.uk
Stabilization of Leidenfrost vapour layer by textured superhydrophobic surfaces.
From the sciencedaily.com
These portable fuel cells run silently and produce only water vapour as exhaust.
From the newscientist.com
Low-elevation clouds rich in water vapour reflect sunlight and cool the climate.
From the newscientist.com
But this ignores the fact that the level of water vapour depends on temperature.
From the economist.com
Hence ventilation helps to remove the vapour, although this may let in cold air.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The fact that water vapour is 1000 times more powerful greenhouse gas than CO2?
From the newscientist.com
Missiles were shown soaring from desert launchpads, leaving long vapour trails.
From the theepochtimes.com
- Vapor: a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance
- Vaporization: the process of becoming a vapor
- (vapours) blues: a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues"
- A vapor (American spelling) or vapour (see spelling differences) is a substance in the gas phase at a temperature lower than its critical temperature. This means that the vapor can be condensed to a liquid or to a solid by increasing its pressure without reducing the temperature.
- (Vapours (illness)) The term referring to illnesses known as Vapours (or vapors) is an archaic form for certain mental or physical states, such as hysteria, mania, clinical depression, bipolar disorder, fainting, withdrawal syndrome, mood swings or PMS, ascribed primarily to women and thought to ...
- (Vapours (Islands album)) Vapours is the third studio album by Montreal-based Indie band, Islands. It was released on September 22, 2009. Talking to Pitchfork, Diamonds told how he stripped away many of the layers present on the previous Islands album, 2008's Arm's Way. ...
- The gas phase component of a liquid or solid; The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid; To become vapour; to be emitted or circulated as vapour; To turn into vapour; To use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster
- (Vapours) Vapour is a special term for the steam that occurs when cooking or baking. As well as air and water, it consists mainly of tiny grease particles.
- (vapours) tears; a fit of crying: e.g., She's got the vapours because she didn't get her own way.
