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vapour
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun vapour has 2 senses
- vapour(n = noun.substance) vapor - a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance; Array is a kind of suspension
- vapour(n = noun.process) evaporation, vapor, vaporisation, vaporization - the process of becoming a vapor; Array has particulars: boiling, clouding, clouding up, smoke, smoking
has particulars: steam, water vapor, water vapour
is a kind of phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change
OXFORD DICTIONARY
vapour, n. & v. (US vapor)
--n.
1 moisture or another substance diffused or suspended in air, e.g. mist or smoke.
2 Physics a gaseous form of a normally liquid or solid substance (cf. GAS).
3 a medicinal agent for inhaling.
4 (in pl.) archaic a state of depression or melancholy thought to be caused by exhalations of vapour from the stomach.
--v.intr.
1 rise as vapour.
2 make idle boasts or empty talk.
--n.
1 moisture or another substance diffused or suspended in air, e.g. mist or smoke.
2 Physics a gaseous form of a normally liquid or solid substance (cf. GAS).
3 a medicinal agent for inhaling.
4 (in pl.) archaic a state of depression or melancholy thought to be caused by exhalations of vapour from the stomach.
--v.intr.
1 rise as vapour.
2 make idle boasts or empty talk.
Idiom
vapour density the density of a gas or vapour relative to hydrogen etc. vapour pressure the pressure of a vapour in contact with its liquid or solid form. vapour trail a trail of condensed water from an aircraft or rocket at high altitude, seen as a white streak against the sky.
Derivative
vaporous adj. vaporously adv. vaporousness n. vapourer n. vapouring n. vapourish adj. vapoury adj.
Etymology
ME f. OF vapour or L vapor steam, heat
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