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. Eli Goldstein:

    Our technology works best in hot, dry climates where the sky is clear, so when Jesus Valenzuela have clouds, that blocks that radiative cooling window, in the same way that [ carbon dioxide ] blocks light and sort of has that heat trapping effect, water vapor also will block infrared light.

  2. Azusa Murakami:

    The base is made of scaffolding aluminum, the bubbles are made of water, air and vapor so they disappear and leave no footprint.

  3. Brian King:

    There’s also some other ingredients that have been identified — things like volatile organic compounds as well as ultrafine particulates, including heavy metals, and so the contention that these products emit a harmless water vapor is simply not true.

  4. Blaise Pascal:

    Man is only a reed, the weakest in nature; but he is a thinking reed. There is no need for the whole universe to take up arms to crush him: a vapor, a drop of water is enough to kill him. But even if the universe were to crush him, man would still be nobler than his slayer, because he knows that he is dying and the advantage the universe has over him. The universe knows nothing of this.

  5. Dickson County Sheriff Jeff Bledsoe:

    I’m not aware of any additional health risks with vapor cigarettes, we looked at the devices inside them and to see if there was anything that could be used for some kind of malicious purposes. Once we figured out they were safe to have and couldn’t be fashioned into a weapon, we put parameters in place that these products have to be returned, with no tampering at all, in order to receive another one.

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