vapor
pronunciation
How to pronounce vapor in British English:
UK [ˈveɪpə(r)]
How to pronounce vapor in American English:
US [ˈveɪpər]
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- Noun:
- a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance
- the process of becoming a vapor
Word Origin
- vapor (n.)
- late 14c., from Anglo-French vapour, Old French vapor "moisture, vapor" (13c., Modern French vapeur) and directly from Latin vaporem (nominative vapor) "a warm exhalation, steam, heat," of unknown origin. Vapors "fit of fainting, hysteria, etc." is 1660s, from medieval notion of "exhalations" from the stomach or other organs affecting the brain.
Synonym
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out puff disappear emit spew let expire smoke vaporize transpire fume steam exhale send melt off away give
Example
- 1. It takes very little mercury in air to create unhealthy levels of vapor .
- 2. The sulfur will bind with the mercury , reducing the amount of vapor .
- 3. The tiger stripes are fissures that spray icy particles , water vapor and organic compounds .
- 4. Generally they lack performance specs , prices , timing , and so today they 're vapor .
- 5. There are more seed particles in ship exhaust than are found in clean marine air , and the available water vapor gets spread out more thinly among them .