Definitions of vapor [ˈveɪ pər]

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Definition of 'vapor'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) vapor
a visible exhalation, as fog or smoke, suspended in the air.

2.  vapor
a substance in gaseous form that is below its critical temperature.

3.  vapor
a substance converted into vapor for technical or medicinal uses.

4.  vapor
a combination of a vaporized substance and air.

5.  vapor
gaseous particles of drugs that can be inhaled as a therapeutic agent.

6.  vapor
Archaic.

7.  vapor
a strange, senseless, or fantastic notion.

8.  vapor
something insubstantial.

9.  vapor
Archaic.

10.  vapor
mental depression or hypochondria.

11.  vapor
injurious exhalations supposed to be produced within the body, esp. in the stomach.

12. (v.i.) vapor
to rise in the form of vapor.

13.  vapor
to emit vapor.

14.  vapor
to talk pompously.

Etymology: (1325–75; < L vapor steam)

Definition of 'vapor'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) vapor, vapour
a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance

2. (noun) vaporization, vaporisation, vapor, vapour, evaporation
the process of becoming a vapor

Definition of 'vapor'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) vapor
any substance in the gaseous, or aeriform, state, the condition of which is ordinarily that of a liquid or solid

2. (noun) vapor
in a loose and popular sense, any visible diffused substance floating in the atmosphere and impairing its transparency, as smoke, fog, etc

3. (noun) vapor
wind; flatulence

4. (noun) vapor
something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting

5. (noun) vapor
an old name for hypochondria, or melancholy; the blues

6. (noun) vapor
a medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapor

7. (noun) vapor
to pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance, whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to evaporate

8. (noun) vapor
to emit vapor or fumes

9. (noun) vapor
to talk idly; to boast or vaunt; to brag

10. (verb) vapor
to send off in vapor, or as if in vapor; as, to vapor away a heated fluid

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