| 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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