NOUN | substance | vapor, vapour | a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance |
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process | vapor, vaporization, vaporisation, vapour, evaporation | the process of becoming a vapor |
Sounds | vey'per | |
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Rhymes | asper ... zipper: 139 rhymes with per... |
Meaning | A visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance. | |
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Synonym | vapour | |
Narrower | steam | water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere |
water vapor, water vapour | water in a vaporous form diffused in the atmosphere but below boiling temperature | |
Broader | suspension | A mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy |
Spanish | vapor | |
Catalan | vapor | |
Adjectives | vaporous | filled with vapor |
vaporous | resembling or characteristic of vapor | |
Verbs | evaporate | change into a vapor |
evaporate | cause to change into a vapor | |
vaporize, vaporise | turn into gas | |
vaporize, vaporise | lose or cause to lose liquid / liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue |
Meaning | The process of becoming a vapor. | |
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Synonyms | vaporization, vaporisation, vapour, evaporation | |
Narrower | boiling | The application of heat / heat to change something from a liquid / liquid to a gas |
clouding, clouding up | The process whereby water particles become visible in the sky | |
smoke, smoking | A hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion | |
Broader | phase change, phase transition, state change, physical change | A change from one state (solid or liquid / liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition |
Spanish | evaporación, vaporación, vaporización, vapor | |
Catalan | evaporació, vaporització, vapor | |
Verbs | evaporate, vaporize, vaporise | lose or cause to lose liquid / liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue |
evaporate | change into a vapor | |
evaporate | cause to change into a vapor | |
vaporize, vaporise | turn into gas |
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