Vapour
noun
A substance diffused or suspended in the air, especially one which was originally a liquid or solid turned into a gaseous form.
Water turns into vapour when it is boiled.
Often appears as...
- water vapour
- vapour pressure
noun
Something that is insubstantial or fleeting.
He had ambitions of making it big, but those were just vapours.
Often appears as...
- vapours of ambition
- vapours of hope
Usage tips
Disapproving
Literary
noun
A substance diffused or suspended in the air, especially one which was originally a liquid or solid turned into a gaseous form.
Water turns into vapour when it is boiled.
Often appears as...
- water vapour
- vapour pressure
noun
Something that is insubstantial or fleeting.
He had ambitions of making it big, but those were just vapours.
Often appears as...
- vapours of ambition
- vapours of hope
Usage tips
Disapproving
Literary
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Change of State
The term 'vapour' is used when a substance changes from solid or liquid to gas.
The boiling kettle released a stream of vapour.
Pro Tip 2/3Visible Gas
'Vapour' often refers to gas that you can see, like steam or fog.
The cold air turned his breath into a vapour.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Water
While it's often water, 'vapour' can be any liquid or solid turned gas.
Gasoline vapour can be highly flammable.
Pro Tip 1/3Change of State
The term 'vapour' is used when a substance changes from solid or liquid to gas.
The boiling kettle released a stream of vapour.
Pro Tip 2/3Visible Gas
'Vapour' often refers to gas that you can see, like steam or fog.
The cold air turned his breath into a vapour.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Water
While it's often water, 'vapour' can be any liquid or solid turned gas.
Gasoline vapour can be highly flammable.
Pro Tip 1/3Change of State
The term 'vapour' is used when a substance changes from solid or liquid to gas.
The boiling kettle released a stream of vapour.
Pro Tip 2/3Visible Gas
'Vapour' often refers to gas that you can see, like steam or fog.
The cold air turned his breath into a vapour.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Water
While it's often water, 'vapour' can be any liquid or solid turned gas.
Gasoline vapour can be highly flammable.
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Ghost Particles PIPE...
able to move through solid walls these are thick walls of stone and concrete right so this is something that has to be able to move through that as if it were air and if ghosts are visible to the naked eye and take on any kind of a physical form even that of a mist or vapor then like most things in the universe they would have to be made of
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The invisible motion of...
The greenhouse effect is another example. Some of the solar radiation that hits the Earth's surface is reflected back to the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases, like water vapor and carbon dioxide absorb this radiation and speed up. These hotter, faster-moving molecules emit infrared radiation in all directions,
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Turning chicken feathers...
wanted to go out of the chimney they bumped into the afterburner chamber so they couldn't the only gasses it had to go out where water vapor and carbon dioxide and they sold the carbon dioxide problem by using a simple carbon filter the quality of our biodiesel and
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The science of...
Unlike ice cubes, formed when liquid freezes into a solid, snowflakes form when water vapor turns straight into ice. But that still doesn't explain why snowflakes have six sides. To understand that, we need to delve deeper into the physics of water.
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Thunderstorms 101 PIPE...
In addition to helping sustain life, thunderstorms also help maintain the planet's balance of energy and electricity. When energy specifically in the form of heat causes water to evaporate, the heat is carried upward with the water vapor.
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A brief history of...
Capture this vapor, cool it down, and what’s left is liquid alcohol much more concentrated than any fermented beverage. At first, these stronger spirits were used for medicinal purposes. Then, spirits became an important trade commodity
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Your kids might live on...
We get more protection from radiation, more atmosphere makes us warmer, makes the planet warmer, so we get running water and that makes crops possible. Then more water vapor goes into the air, forming yet another potent greenhouse gas.
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What triggers a chemical...
to lower energy carbon dioxide and water. Entropy also increases and helps the reaction along because the neat, organized log of wood is now converted into randomly moving water vapor and carbon dioxide.
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Causes and Effects of...
earth's temperature and fundamentally changing the world around us the main cause is a phenomenon known as the greenhouse effect gases in the atmosphere such as water vapor carbon
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Nature's First Line of...
water vapour diffuses through the pores in the shell the loss of this water creates a space at the blunt end of the egg as the embryo develops so the air space
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Ghost Particles PIPE...
able to move through solid walls these are thick walls of stone and concrete right so this is something that has to be able to move through that as if it were air and if ghosts are visible to the naked eye and take on any kind of a physical form even that of a mist or vapor then like most things in the universe they would have to be made of
Video examples
The invisible motion of...
The greenhouse effect is another example. Some of the solar radiation that hits the Earth's surface is reflected back to the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases, like water vapor and carbon dioxide absorb this radiation and speed up. These hotter, faster-moving molecules emit infrared radiation in all directions,
Video examples
Turning chicken feathers...
wanted to go out of the chimney they bumped into the afterburner chamber so they couldn't the only gasses it had to go out where water vapor and carbon dioxide and they sold the carbon dioxide problem by using a simple carbon filter the quality of our biodiesel and
Video examples
The science of...
Unlike ice cubes, formed when liquid freezes into a solid, snowflakes form when water vapor turns straight into ice. But that still doesn't explain why snowflakes have six sides. To understand that, we need to delve deeper into the physics of water.
Video examples
Thunderstorms 101 PIPE...
In addition to helping sustain life, thunderstorms also help maintain the planet's balance of energy and electricity. When energy specifically in the form of heat causes water to evaporate, the heat is carried upward with the water vapor.
Video examples
A brief history of...
Capture this vapor, cool it down, and what’s left is liquid alcohol much more concentrated than any fermented beverage. At first, these stronger spirits were used for medicinal purposes. Then, spirits became an important trade commodity
Video examples
Your kids might live on...
We get more protection from radiation, more atmosphere makes us warmer, makes the planet warmer, so we get running water and that makes crops possible. Then more water vapor goes into the air, forming yet another potent greenhouse gas.
Video examples
What triggers a chemical...
to lower energy carbon dioxide and water. Entropy also increases and helps the reaction along because the neat, organized log of wood is now converted into randomly moving water vapor and carbon dioxide.
Video examples
Causes and Effects of...
earth's temperature and fundamentally changing the world around us the main cause is a phenomenon known as the greenhouse effect gases in the atmosphere such as water vapor carbon
Video examples
Nature's First Line of...
water vapour diffuses through the pores in the shell the loss of this water creates a space at the blunt end of the egg as the embryo develops so the air space
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Stephen Colbert
American Comedian
I like to do things that are publicly embarrassing, to feel the embarrassment touch me and sink into me and then be gone. I like getting on elevators and singing too loudly in that small space. The feeling you feel is almost like a vapor. The discomfort and the wishing that it would end that comes around you.
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Sunita Williams
American Astronaut
There is a distinct layer between the Earth and the universe, which is extremely black. Slowly, the entire universe starts to look 3D, like you can fly through it rather than this sphere of blackness overhead. And when you're above the atmosphere, there isn't water vapour in the air to make things foggy.
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Kit Williams
Author
Once upon a perfect night, unclouded and still, there came the face of a pale and beautiful lady. The tresses of her hair reached out to make the constellations, and the dewy vapours of her gown fell soft upon the land.
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Monica Johnson
American Writer
No one is guaranteed their next moment, or their next breath; yet, humanity has a habit of thinking of its existence on the earth as eternal. Those who are rooted and grounded in Christ know that life is just a vapor.
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Susan Cameron
American Businesswoman
We made the commitment internally to develop our own superior vapor product. We didn't buy a company outside, and we believe that Vuse is a superior and game-changing technology.
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Jamais Cascio
American Writer
Carbon dioxide isn't the only greenhouse gas out there. Other substances, such as water vapor and nitrous oxide, also trap heat to varying degrees.
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Edmund Waller
English Poet
Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene.
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Horace Greeley
American Editor
Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; riches take wings; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.
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Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
Life is so, so short. Bible says it's like a vapor.
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Isaac Newton
English Mathematician
The Ignis Fatuus is a vapor shining without heat.
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Stephen Colbert
American Comedian
I like to do things that are publicly embarrassing, to feel the embarrassment touch me and sink into me and then be gone. I like getting on elevators and singing too loudly in that small space. The feeling you feel is almost like a vapor. The discomfort and the wishing that it would end that comes around you.
Quote examples
Sunita Williams
American Astronaut
There is a distinct layer between the Earth and the universe, which is extremely black. Slowly, the entire universe starts to look 3D, like you can fly through it rather than this sphere of blackness overhead. And when you're above the atmosphere, there isn't water vapour in the air to make things foggy.
Quote examples
Kit Williams
Author
Once upon a perfect night, unclouded and still, there came the face of a pale and beautiful lady. The tresses of her hair reached out to make the constellations, and the dewy vapours of her gown fell soft upon the land.
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Monica Johnson
American Writer
No one is guaranteed their next moment, or their next breath; yet, humanity has a habit of thinking of its existence on the earth as eternal. Those who are rooted and grounded in Christ know that life is just a vapor.
Quote examples
Susan Cameron
American Businesswoman
We made the commitment internally to develop our own superior vapor product. We didn't buy a company outside, and we believe that Vuse is a superior and game-changing technology.
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Jamais Cascio
American Writer
Carbon dioxide isn't the only greenhouse gas out there. Other substances, such as water vapor and nitrous oxide, also trap heat to varying degrees.
Quote examples
Edmund Waller
English Poet
Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene.
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Horace Greeley
American Editor
Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; riches take wings; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.
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Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
Life is so, so short. Bible says it's like a vapor.
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Isaac Newton
English Mathematician
The Ignis Fatuus is a vapor shining without heat.
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