vapour 
vapour
Definition
va·pour (-pər)
noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb
Brit. vapor
vapour
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- condense: Some of the tests involved pure water vapor whilst others examined the effects of injection of carbon dioxide and air into the condensing vapor.
- inhale: Users inhale the vapor through the nose or mouth.
- ignite: ESD from a charged human can also be sufficiently powerful to ignite flammable vapors.
- emit: The water vapor emitted at altitude by burning fuel also drives global warming.
Adjective modifier
- flammable: Electric motors for fans should not be situated in the path of flammable vapors.
- noxious: A House of Lords committee enquired into the matter of noxious vapors.
- combustible: Offering a high level of sensitivity to combustible organic vapors it also ensures dependable warnings in the event of explosive hazards.
- solvent: Consider the use of local exhaust ventilation in order to prevent your exposure to any solvent vapor or mist.
- condensed: This condensed water vapor now takes on the form of water droplets, which then form clouds.
Modifies a noun
- deposition: The former is typified by electroplating and the latter by chemical and physical vapor deposition.
- permeability: High vapor permeability allows any moisture collected by the sheets to dry out naturally.
- sorption: This information can often be obtained from the shape of the vapor sorption isotherm.
- pressure: Humidity The water vapor pressure varies little from place to place in most rooms.
- trail: The desktop pattern has the feel of a vapor trail crossed with the geometry of mucus strands.
Noun used with modifier
- mercury: All the Spread Charts for the mercury vapor lamps tested in the survey are shown here to the same scale.
- moisture: The wool fibers actually pull the moisture vapor away from the skin.
- formaldehyde: Formaldehyde vapor was undetectable using solution M for the RO cleaning procedure.
- water: More water vapor means more clouds means less loss of heat out into space means a warmer planet.
- saturation: Eventually a temperature will be reached where the saturation vapor pressure is equal to the actual vapor pressure of the air.
- ether: Ether vapor forms explosive mixtures with air at concentrations of 1.9 % to 36 % ( by volume ).
vapour Quotes
I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair, Floating, like a vapour, on the soft summer air.
What is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
And the rolling anapaestic Curled, like vapour over shrines.
Winds of the World, give answer! Theyare whimpering to and froö And what should they know of England who only England know?ö The poor little street-bred people that vapour and fume and brag.
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