Definitions for vapour
ˈveɪ pərvapour

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vapor, vapournoun

   a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance

2. vaporization, vaporisation, vapor, vapour, evaporationnoun

   the process of becoming a vapor

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. vapournoun

   The gas phase component of a liquid or solid.

2. vapournoun

   The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.

3. vapourverb

   To become vapour; to be emitted or circulated as vapour.

4. vapourverb

   To turn into vapour.

5. vapourverb

   To use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vapour

   In physics, a vapor (American English) or vapour (British English and Canadian English; see spelling differences) is a substance in the gas phase at a temperature lower than its critical temperature, which means that the vapor can be condensed to a liquid by increasing the pressure on it without reducing the temperature of the vapor. A vapor is different from an aerosol. An aerosol is a suspension of tiny particles of liquid, solid, or both within a gas.For example, water has a critical temperature of 647 K (374 °C; 705 °F), which is the highest temperature at which liquid water can exist. In the atmosphere at ordinary temperatures gaseous water (known as water vapor) will condense into a liquid if its partial pressure is increased sufficiently. A vapor may co-exist with a liquid (or a solid). When this is true, the two phases will be in equilibrium, and the gas-partial pressure will be equal to the equilibrium vapor pressure of the liquid (or solid).

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1. vapour

   Vapour refers to the gaseous state of a substance that is normally in a solid or liquid state at room temperature. It is created through evaporation or boiling, which are heat-dependent processes. Vapour can also refer to airborne particles or droplets, such as in the case of water vapour or steam.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Vapour

   Vapor, vā′pur, n. the gas into which most liquids and solids are convertible by heat: the condition of a body when it becomes gas by heat: water in the atmosphere: anything vain or transitory: (pl.) a disease of nervous weakness in which a variety of strange images float before the mind, temporary depression of spirits, dejection.—v.i. to pass off in vapour: to evaporate: to boast: to brag.—v.t. to make to pass into vapour: to cause to dissolve into gas, thin air, or other unsubstantial thing: (rare) to depress, dispirit: (obs.) to bully.—adjs. Vā′porable, Vā′porisable, capable of being converted into vapour.—n. Vaporā′rium, a Russian bath.—adjs. Vaporif′erous, producing vapour; Vaporif′ic, converting into steam or other vapour; Vā′poriform, existing in the form of vapour.—n. Vaporisā′tion.—v.t. Vā′porise, to convert into vapour.—v.i. to pass off in vapour.—adj. Vā′porish, full of vapours: hypochondriacal: peevish.—n. Vaporom′eter, an instrument for measuring the pressure of a vapour.—adjs. Vā′porous, Vā′porose, full of or like vapour: vain: affected with the vapours: unsubstantial, vainly imaginative.—adv. Vā′porously.—ns. Vā′porousness, Vaporos′ity; Vā′pour-bath, an apparatus for bathing the body in vapour of water.—adj. Vā′poured, full of vapours: affected with the vapours.—ns. Vā′pourer, one who vapours, a boaster; Vā′pouring, windy or ostentatious talk.—adv. Vā′pouringly.—adj. Vā′poury, full of vapour: affected with the vapours: peevish. [Fr.,—L. vapor.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vapour

   In polar parlance, a peculiar but natural result of the conversion of water into ice, which is too often supposed to indicate open water.

Matched Categories

1. • Phase Change
   • Suspension

How to pronounce vapour?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say vapour in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of vapour in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of vapour in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of vapour in a Sentence

1. Richard Smith:

   We fully support innovation in tobacco products, including vapour products.

2. Blaise Pascal, quoted by Rebecca West in BLACK LAMB AND GREY FALCON: A JOURNEY THROUGH YUGOSLAVIA, 1940:

   Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed. The entire universe need not arm itself to crush him. A vapour, a drop of water, suffices to kill him. But if the universe were to crush him, man would still be more noble than that which killed him, because he knows that he dies and the advantage which the universe has over him; the universe knows nothing of this.

3. Alison Parker:

   Once the waste is in the holding chamber we use membranes that take water out as vapour, which can then be condensed and available for people to use in their homes, the pathogens remain in the waste at the bottom of the holding chamber, so the water is basically pure and clean.

4. Shane MacGuill:

   India is obviously a market of huge potential for vapour products, this ban would decisively cut off access to that potential growth cohort for companies like Juul Labs and PMI (Philip Morris International).

5. Ben Domensino:

   The size, shape and location of Tiwi Islands make them a perfect place for Hector to develop, sea breezes develop over the islands from all sides and meet in the middle. These converging winds, which are carrying moisture from the surrounding sea, have to go somewhere when they clash... so they go up. This rising column of air becomes cooler with height, which causes water vapour to condense into liquid droplets, forming clouds.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=vapour
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Vapour
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vapour
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=vapour
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=vapour