NOUN | substance | vapour, vapor | a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance |
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process | vapour, vaporization, vaporisation, vapor, evaporation | the process of becoming a vapor |
Meaning | A visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance. | |
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Synonym | vapor | |
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 |
Meaning | The process of becoming a vapor. | |
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Synonyms | vaporization, vaporisation, vapor, 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 |
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