(of vapour)
41vapour — Vapor Va por, v. t. To send off in vapor, or as if in vapor; as, to vapor away a heated fluid. [Written also {vapour}.] [1913 Webster] He d laugh to see one throw his heart away, Another, sighing, vapor forth his soul. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] …
42vapour — va|pour BrE vapor AmE [ˈveıpə US ər] n [U and C] a mass of very small drops of a liquid which float in the air, for example because the liquid has been heated ▪ water vapour …
43vapour — [14] Latin vapor meant ‘steam, heat’. English acquired it via Old French vapour. The now archaic use of the plural, vapours, for a ‘fit of fainting, hysteria, etc’, which dates from the 17th century, was inspired by the notion that exhalations… …
44vapour density — noun Chemistry the density of a particular gas or vapour relative to that of hydrogen at the same pressure and temperature …
45vapour pressure — noun Chemistry the pressure of a vapour in contact with its liquid or solid form …
46vapour — BrE vapor AmE noun 1 (C, U) a mass of small drops of a liquid which float in the air, for example because the liquid has been heated: water vapour 2 the vapours (plural) old use a condition when you suddenly feel faint vaporous adjective …
47vapour density — /ˈveɪpə dɛnsəti/ (say vaypuh densuhtee) noun 1. the mass which a unit volume of a vapour would possess if it could exist as an ideal gas at 0°C at a pressure of 760 mm of mercury. 2. the ratio of the mass of a given volume of a gas to an equal… …
48vapour trail — /ˈveɪpə treɪl/ (say vaypuh trayl) noun a trail of condensed vapour left by high flying aeroplanes, rockets, etc. Also, vapor trail …
49vapour — garai statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. steam; vapour vok. Dampfe, m rus. пар, m pranc. vapeur, f …
50vapour — garai statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Dujinė fazė medžiagos, galinčios tuo pat metu būti skystosios arba kietosios būsenos. atitikmenys: angl. vapor; vapour vok. Dampf, m rus. пар, m; пары, m pranc. vapeur, f …
