Meaning of "vapour" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VAPOUR

From Latin vapor.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF VAPOUR

vapour  [ˈveɪpə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VAPOUR

Vapour is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb vapour in English.

WHAT DOES VAPOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Vapor

A vapor or vapour is a substance in the gas phase at a temperature lower than its critical point. This means that the vapor can be condensed to a liquid by increasing its pressure without reducing the temperature. For example, water has a critical temperature of 374 °C, which is the highest temperature at which liquid water can exist. In the atmosphere at ordinary temperatures, therefore, gaseous water will condense to liquid if its partial pressure is increased sufficiently. A vapor may co-exist with a liquid. When this is true, the two phases will be in equilibrium, and the gas partial pressure will equal the equilibrium vapor pressure of the liquid.

Definition of vapour in the English dictionary

The first definition of vapour in the dictionary is particles of moisture or other substance suspended in air and visible as clouds, smoke, etc. Other definition of vapour is a substance that is in a gaseous state at a temperature below its boiling point. Vapour is also something fanciful that lacks substance or permanence.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO VAPOUR

PRESENT

Present

I vapour

you vapour

he/she/it vapours

we vapour

you vapour

they vapour

Present continuous

I am vapouring

you are vapouring

he/she/it is vapouring

we are vapouring

you are vapouring

they are vapouring

Present perfect

I have vapoured

you have vapoured

he/she/it has vapoured

we have vapoured

you have vapoured

they have vapoured

Present perfect continuous

I have been vapouring

you have been vapouring

he/she/it has been vapouring

we have been vapouring

you have been vapouring

they have been vapouring

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I vapoured

you vapoured

he/she/it vapoured

we vapoured

you vapoured

they vapoured

Past continuous

I was vapouring

you were vapouring

he/she/it was vapouring

we were vapouring

you were vapouring

they were vapouring

Past perfect

I had vapoured

you had vapoured

he/she/it had vapoured

we had vapoured

you had vapoured

they had vapoured

Past perfect continuous

I had been vapouring

you had been vapouring

he/she/it had been vapouring

we had been vapouring

you had been vapouring

they had been vapouring

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will vapour

you will vapour

he/she/it will vapour

we will vapour

you will vapour

they will vapour

Future continuous

I will be vapouring

you will be vapouring

he/she/it will be vapouring

we will be vapouring

you will be vapouring

they will be vapouring

Future perfect

I will have vapoured

you will have vapoured

he/she/it will have vapoured

we will have vapoured

you will have vapoured

they will have vapoured

Future perfect continuous

I will have been vapouring

you will have been vapouring

he/she/it will have been vapouring

we will have been vapouring

you will have been vapouring

they will have been vapouring

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would vapour

you would vapour

he/she/it would vapour

we would vapour

you would vapour

they would vapour

Conditional continuous

I would be vapouring

you would be vapouring

he/she/it would be vapouring

we would be vapouring

you would be vapouring

they would be vapouring

Conditional perfect

I would have vapour

you would have vapour

he/she/it would have vapour

we would have vapour

you would have vapour

they would have vapour

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been vapouring

you would have been vapouring

he/she/it would have been vapouring

we would have been vapouring

you would have been vapouring

they would have been vapouring

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you vapour
we let´s vapour
you vapour

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to vapour

Past participle

vapoured

Present Participle

vapouring

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «VAPOUR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «vapour» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of vapour

breath · dampness · exhalation · fog · haze · miasma · mist · smoke · steam

TRANSLATION OF VAPOUR

Find out the translation of vapour to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of vapour from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vapour» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 蒸汽
• Translator English - Spanish: vapor
• English: vapour
• Translator English - Hindi: वाष्प
• Translator English - Arabic: بخار
• Translator English - Russian: пара
• Translator English - Portuguese: vapor
• Translator English - Bengali: বাষ্প
• Translator English - French: vapeur
• Translator English - Malay: Wap
• Translator English - German: Dampf
• Translator English - Japanese: 蒸気
• Translator English - Korean: 증기
• Translator English - Javanese: Uap
• Translator English - Vietnamese: hơi
• Translator English - Tamil: நீராவி
• Translator English - Marathi: बाष्प
• Translator English - Turkish: buhar
• Translator English - Italian: vapore
• Translator English - Polish: pary
• Translator English - Ukrainian: пара
• Translator English - Romanian: vapori
• Translator English - Greek: ατμού
• Translator English - Afrikaans: damp
• Translator English - Swedish: ånga
• Translator English - Norwegian: damp

QUOTES WITH «VAPOUR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word vapour.

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Pieter Zeeman

The rotation of the polarization plane is extraordinarily small in all gases, thus also in sodium vapour.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VAPOUR»

Discover the use of vapour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vapour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Monitoring Atmospheric Water Vapour: Ground-Based Remote ...

This has led to different measuring techniques, all with strengths and weaknesses. This book assesses all presently available techniques that are used in monitoring networks.

Niklaus Kämpfer, 2012

Chemical Vapour Deposition: Precursors, Processes and ...

This book will prove particularly useful to those who have recently entered the field, and it will also make a valuable contribution to chemistry and materials science lecture courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Anthony C. Jones, Michael L. Hitchman, 2009

Pulsed Metal Vapour Lasers

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on `Pulsed Metal Vapour Lasers - Physics and Emerging Applications in Industry, Medicine and Science', St. Andrews, U.K., August 6-10, 1995

C.E. Little, N.V. Sabotinov, 1996

Vapour and Trace Detection of Explosives for Anti-Terrorism ...

This book is based on material presented at the first NATO ARW of this series in Moscow which covered the topic: Vapor and trace detection of explosives.

M. Krausa, Aleksey Alekseyvitch Reznev, 2004

Chemical Vapour Deposition: An Integrated Engineering Design ...

This book aims to provide a thorough exploration of the design and applications of advanced materials, and their manufacture in engineering.

Xiu-Tian Yan, Yongdong Xu, 2010

Vapour-liquid equilibrium data of binary polymer solutions: ...

They are also a basis for the development of theoretical thermodynamic models. Scientists and engineers will obviously benefit from a careful collection of the existing data. This book aims to provide a reliable collection of such data.

C. Wohlfarth, 1994

Metal vapour lasers: physics, engineering and applications

This unique volume is an essential reference source for all those working on metal vapour lasers, and all those who use them, from postgraduate students through to experienced scientists and engineers.

Christopher E. Little, 1999

On the Aqueous Vapour Expelled from Bee-hives

278 Mr. Newport on the Aqueous fapour expelled from Bee-hives. believe that this fluid results in part from the respiration of the bees, and the extraneous transpiration from their bodies, generated during the night in the form of vapour, which is ...

George Newport, 1847

A Pocket in the Vapour

A POCKET IN THE VAPOUR The bath tap drips, scouring away thirty years of enamel. Have I been lying here that long? Two inches from my nose a dead fly lies suspended in vapour as if waiting for the discovery of new cures to re- animate it.

Ranald MacDonald, 2005

A treatise on the properties and medical application of the ...

and ligaments of the joints, from gun-shot wounds, contusions, dislocations, &c. the Vapour-bath is a remedy, on which great dependence can be placed, and which, in a number of instances, has succeeded, where other modes of treatment  ...

John Gibney, 1825

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VAPOUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vapour is used in the context of the following news items.

Roach bombs cause vapour blast, damaging Glamorous Wok …

The Glamorous Wok restaurant at Sunnybank was damaged by a vapour explosion after the owner set off 24 cockroach bombs. Photo: Bradley Kanaris. «Brisbane Times, Jul 15»

E-cigarette vapour has NO toxic effect and is as safe as AIR, shock …

Electronic cigarettes pump out vapour which has NO toxic effect on the cells found in human lungs, scientists have claimed. Fresh research funded by British ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»

Vapour Devices Including E-Cigarettes to Reach US$50 Billion by …

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Euromonitor today released new data on the vapour tobacco category incorporating e-cigarettes and e-liquid products nearly ... «Business Wire, Jun 15»

Bag Raiders Have Us Following 'Vapour Trails'

Bag Raiders release Vapour Trails, the first original since last July's Nairobi EP, and its got all the classic stylings synonymous with their unmistakeable sound, ... «LessThan3, Jun 15»

Sydney Trains tests new vapour-sensing system to catch graffiti …

Australia's Sydney Trains is testing a new graffiti-fighting weapon, a vapour-sensing system that automatically detects spray paint or marker pens on carriage ... «Railway Technology, May 15»

Safe space: Cannabis vapour lounge operates within law

Ottawa police are watching the BuzzOn Vapour Lounge, but its proprietor says officers have been inside the business only three times. Julie Oliver / Ottawa ... «Ottawa Citizen, May 15»

Medical marijuana vapour lounge 'long overdue' in Ottawa, say …

When Suzi Strand stopped into a medical marijuana vapour lounge in Toronto, she was not greeted with a cloud of thick smoke or blaring music. Instead, it was ... «MetroNews Canada, Apr 15»

E-cigarette use indoors, sales to minors banned in BC

E-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that do not contain tobacco but can be used to heat a liquid, creating a vapour that users inhale. No inserts containing ... «The Globe and Mail, Mar 15»

E-cigarette health scare: nicotine vapour contains SAME cancer …

A fresh investigation into the health risks of inhaling liquid tobacco vapour has found it is ... He spent two weeks bombarding mice with e-cigarette vapour before ... «Mirror.co.uk, Feb 15»

Chrysler 300 SRT Core Satin Vapour special edition launches from …

The special edition Chrysler 300 SRT Core Satin Vapour has joined the American brand's muscle car line-up in Australia. Limited to 130 units, the Satin Vapour ... «CarAdvice, Jan 15»