Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- etc. See
vapor , etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
gas phase component of a liquid or solid. - noun The
gaseous state of a substance that is normally asolid orliquid . - verb intransitive To become vapour; to be emitted or circulated as vapour.
- verb transitive To turn into vapour.
- verb intransitive To use insubstantial language; to
boast orbluster . - verb intransitive To become vapour; to be emitted or circulated as vapour.
- verb transitive To turn into vapour.
- verb intransitive To use insubstantial language; to
boast orbluster .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance
- noun the process of becoming a vapor
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Examples
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If this then led to more evaporation from the oceans, causing increased cloud cover, this could be a feedback, because clouds have a number of effects: they reflect more sunlight back into space (because they are whiter than the land and ocean surfaces they cover) and they trap more of the surface heat (because water vapour is a strong greenhouse gas).
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If this then led to more evaporation from the oceans, causing increased cloud cover, this could be a feedback, because clouds have a number of effects: they reflect more sunlight back into space (because they are whiter than the land and ocean surfaces they cover) and they trap more of the surface heat (because water vapour is a strong greenhouse gas).
Initial value vs. boundary value problems | Serendipity 2010
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If this then led to more evaporation from the oceans, causing increased cloud cover, this could be a feedback, because clouds have a number of effects: they reflect more sunlight back into space (because they are whiter than the land and ocean surfaces they cover) and they trap more of the surface heat (because water vapour is a strong greenhouse gas).
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The planet, HD 189733b, now known to have methane and water vapour is located 63 light-years away in the constellation Vulpecula, the little fox.
Methane in space Bente Lilja Bye 2008
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Water vapour is indeed the 'most important' greenhouse gas.
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The vapour is a central image because it suggests that
The Beauty of the Medusa: A Study in Romantic Literary Iconology 1972
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Provided that the vapour is highly rarefied, the rotation in very strong fields between the lines of the doublet can rise to - 400°.
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The phenomenon becomes far clearer once the vapour is highly rarefied.
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The refrigeration caused by the expansion brings the temperature to sink below the dew-point, and the vapour is condensed into small drops, which form together visible clouds.
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The bridge opposite the door was wet with vapour from the bath.
Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan b. 974? Murasaki Shikibu Izumi Shikibu 1920
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