What does vapor mean?

Definitions for vapor
ˈveɪ pərva·por

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Princeton's WordNet

  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

Wiktionary

  1. vapornoun

    Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.

  2. vapornoun

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

  3. vaporverb

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

  4. vaporverb

    To turn into vapor.

  5. vaporverb

    To use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster.

  6. Etymology: From vapor.

Wikipedia

  1. Vapor

    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).

ChatGPT

  1. vapor

    Vapor is a substance in the gaseous state that is below its critical temperature, which means it can be condensed to a liquid or a solid by increasing its pressure without reducing the temperature. It is the gaseous form of a substance that is usually liquid or solid at room temperature.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Vapornoun

    any substance in the gaseous, or aeriform, state, the condition of which is ordinarily that of a liquid or solid

  2. Vapornoun

    in a loose and popular sense, any visible diffused substance floating in the atmosphere and impairing its transparency, as smoke, fog, etc

  3. Vapornoun

    wind; flatulence

  4. Vapornoun

    something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting

  5. Vapornoun

    an old name for hypochondria, or melancholy; the blues

  6. Vapornoun

    a medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapor

  7. Vapornoun

    to pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance, whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to evaporate

  8. Vapornoun

    to emit vapor or fumes

  9. Vapornoun

    to talk idly; to boast or vaunt; to brag

  10. Vaporverb

    to send off in vapor, or as if in vapor; as, to vapor away a heated fluid

  11. Etymology: [OE. vapour, OF. vapour, vapor, vapeur, F. vapeur, L. vapor; probably for cvapor, and akin to Gr. smoke, to breathe forth, Lith. kvepti to breathe, smell, Russ. kopote fine soot. Cf. Vapid.]

Wikidata

  1. Vapor

    A vapor or vapour is a substance in the gas phase at a temperature lower than its critical point. This means that the vapor can be condensed to a liquid or to a solid by increasing its pressure without reducing the temperature. For example, water has a critical temperature of 374 °C, which is the highest temperature at which liquid water can exist. In the atmosphere at ordinary temperatures, therefore, gaseous water will condense to liquid if its partial pressure is increased sufficiently. A vapor may co-exist with a liquid. When this is true, the two phases will be in equilibrium, and the gas partial pressure will equal the equilibrium vapor pressure of the liquid.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of vapor in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of vapor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of vapor in a Sentence

  1. Adam Leventhal:

    Vaping – whether it’s solutions with nicotine, marijuana preparations, or just drug-free solutions – is easy for teens to conceal because the devices can be set to release non-visible vapor and the smell of such vapors is much less odorous than tobacco or marijuana smoking.

  2. The FDA:

    Liquid nitrogen, although non-toxic, can cause severe damage to skin and internal organs if mishandled or accidently ingested due to the extremely low temperatures it can maintain, inhaling the vapor released by a food or drink prepared by adding liquid nitrogen immediately before consumption may also cause breathing difficulty, especially among individuals with asthma.

  3. Daniel Swain:

    The interesting piece here is that the effect of daily summer temperatures on fire appears to be non-linear, meaning that each additional degree of warming has a greater influence than the last, this is in line with other work suggesting that wildfire size and severity is increasing in a non-linear fashion in response to the increasing' vapor pressure deficit' — a measure of atmospheric' thirstiness' that is directly related to both humidity and temperature.

  4. Hussein Shaboury:

    The water vapor produced by visitors' breathing affected everything in the tomb, we had to change this and create a method by which fresh air enters the tomb, and air is circulated in a way where all the air in the tomb is changed in 30 minutes.

  5. Hoksand Lau:

    I think the vapor wake will be very essential to the department, where we will be able to fill in any type of security gap.

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