Definitions for vapor lock
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
va′por lock`(n.)
an obstruction to the flow of fuel to a gasoline engine caused by the formation of bubbles in the fuel.
Category: Automotive, Physics
Princeton's WordNet
vapor lock, vapour lock(noun)
a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor)
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