Definitions for vapor pressure
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
va′por pres`sure(n.)
the pressure exerted by the molecules of a vapor.
Category: Physics, Thermodynamics
Princeton's WordNet
vapor pressure, vapour pressure(noun)
the pressure exerted by a vapor; often understood to mean saturated vapor pressure (the vapor pressure of a vapor in contact with its liquid form)
Wiktionary
vapor pressure(Noun)
The pressure that a vapor exerts, or the partial pressure if it is mixed with other gases.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Vapor Pressure
The contribution to barometric PRESSURE of gaseous substance in equilibrium with its solid or liquid phase.
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