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va·pour
(vā′pər)n. & v. Chiefly British
Variant of vapor.
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vapour
(ˈveɪpə) orvapor
n
1. (General Physics) particles of moisture or other substance suspended in air and visible as clouds, smoke, etc
2. (General Physics) a gaseous substance at a temperature below its critical temperature. Compare gas3
3. (General Physics) a substance that is in a gaseous state at a temperature below its boiling point
4. rare something fanciful that lacks substance or permanence
5. the vapours archaic a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach
vb
6. (General Physics) to evaporate or cause to evaporate; vaporize
7. (intr) to make vain empty boasts; brag
[C14: from Latin vapor]
ˈvapourable, ˈvaporable adj
ˌvapouraˈbility, ˌvaporaˈbility n
ˈvapourer, ˈvaporer n
ˈvapourish, ˈvaporish adj
ˈvapourless, ˈvaporless adj
ˈvapour-ˌlike, ˈvapor-ˌlike adj
ˈvapoury, ˈvapory adj
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va•por
(ˈveɪ pər)n.
1. a visible exhalation, as fog or smoke, suspended in the air.
2. a substance in gaseous form that is below its critical temperature.
3. a substance converted into vapor for technical or medicinal uses.
4. a combination of a vaporized substance and air.
5. gaseous particles of drugs that can be inhaled as a therapeutic agent.
6. Archaic.
a. a strange, senseless, or fantastic notion.
b. something insubstantial.
7. vapors, Archaic.
v.i. a. mental depression or hypochondria.
b. injurious exhalations supposed to be produced within the body, esp. in the stomach.
8. to rise in the form of vapor.
9. to emit vapor.
10. to talk pompously.
Also, esp. Brit., vapour. [1325–75; < Latin vapor steam]
va′por•a•ble, adj.
va`por•a•bil′i•ty, n.
va′por•er, n.
va′por•less, adj.
va′por•y, adj.
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vapour
Past participle: vapoured
Gerund: vapouring
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Noun | 1. | vapour - a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance suspension - a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy 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 |
2. | vapour - the process of becoming a vapor boiling - the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas clouding, clouding up - the process whereby water particles become visible in the sky phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change - a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition |
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vapour
noun mist, fog, haze, smoke, breath, steam, fumes, dampness, miasma, exhalation a cloud of poisonous vapour
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Translations
بُخاربُخار او دُخان في الهَواء
páravýpary
=-dampdampem
aur
höyry
gufamistur
dūmakagaraiņimiglatvaiks
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vapour
[ˈveɪpər] (British) vapor (US) n → vapeur fwater vapour → vapeur f d'eauvapour trail (British) vapor trail (US) n → traînée f de condensation
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vapour
, (US) vaporCollins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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vapour
(American) vapor (ˈveipə) noun1. the gas-like form into which a substance can be changed by heating. water vapour.
2. mist, fumes or smoke in the air. Near the marshes the air was filled with a strange-smelling vapour.
ˈvaporize, ˈvaporise verb to (cause to) change into a gas-like state.
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