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Meaning of "water vapour" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WATER VAPOUR

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WATER VAPOUR

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Water vapour is 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.

WHAT DOES WATER VAPOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Water vapor

Water vapor, or water vapour or aqueous vapor, is the gaseous phase of water. It is one state of water within the hydrosphere. Water vapor can be produced from the evaporation or boiling of liquid water or from the sublimation of ice. Unlike other forms of water, water vapor is invisible. Under typical atmospheric conditions, water vapor is continuously generated by evaporation and removed by condensation. It is lighter than air and triggers convection currents that can lead to clouds. Water vapor is a relatively common atmospheric constituent, present even in the Solar atmosphere as well as every planet in the Solar System and many astronomical objects including natural satellites, comets and even large asteroids. Likewise the detection of extrasolar water vapor would indicate a similar distribution in other planetary systems. Water vapor is significant in that it can be indirect evidence supporting the presence of extraterrestrial liquid water in the case of some planetary mass objects.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WATER VAPOUR

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WORDS THAT END LIKE WATER VAPOUR

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Synonyms and antonyms of water vapour in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «water vapour» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WATER VAPOUR

Find out the translation of water vapour to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of water 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 «water vapour» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

水蒸汽
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vapor de agua
570 millions of speakers

English

water vapour
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जल वाष्प
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

بخار الماء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

водяного пара
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vapor de água
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জলীয় বাষ্প
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la vapeur d´eau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Wap air
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wasserdampf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

水蒸気
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수증기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Uap banyu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hơi nước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீராவி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाण्याची वाफ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

su buharı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vapore acqueo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

para wodna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

водяної пари
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vapori de apă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υδρατμών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

waterdamp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vattenånga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vanndamp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of water vapour

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WATER VAPOUR»

The term «water vapour» is regularly used and occupies the 77.492 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WATER VAPOUR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about water vapour

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WATER VAPOUR»

Discover the use of water vapour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to water vapour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
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
2
Principles of Environmental Physics
The evaporation of water at the earth's surface to form water vapour in the atmosphere is a process of major physical and biological importance because the latent heat of vaporization is large in relation to the specific heat of air. The heat ...
John Lennox Monteith, M. H. Unsworth, 1990
3
The Growth and Decay of Ice
Ever since the pronouncements of Aristotle, it has been surmised that the occurrence of ice in air is the direct result of temperatures low enough to cause solidification of water vapour. Equally, it has long been known that the distribution and ...
G. S. H. Lock, 1990
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Meteorology Today: An Introduction to Weather, Climate, and ...
Although absolute humidity indicates humidity in the form of water vapour densit y, it is not c ommonly used in atmospheric science as it also r esponds to volume changes. This makes it diff cult to discern when a change in humidity is caused ...
C. Donald Ahrens, Peter Lawrence Jackson, Christine E. J. Jackson, 2012
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Soil Physics
The water vapour pressure decreases with height z, above the free water surface and at that surface it is e0, the saturation vapour pressure of water. The height of the porous plate is the same as that of the water held in the pores of the plate ...
T. J. Marshall, J. W. Holmes, C. W. Rose, 1996
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A Numerical Model of Local Water Vapour Transport
Recent studies suggest an apparently high occurrence of dust devils on Mars.
Luis Prieto, 2006
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Global Warming - Myth or Reality?: The Erring Ways of ...
5.3 WATER VAPOUR The term 'atmosphere' comes from the Greek atmos, signifying vapour. This etymology recalls the unique role of water vapour in the climatic system, linking surface and atmosphere in the water cycle. Moreover, 'its  ...
Marcel Leroux, 2005
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Guidelines: Land Evaluation for Rainfed Agriculture
Transpiration is essentially the same as the process of evaporation. Evaporation is what happens when a bowl of water is left in the sun. The liquid water disappears as it becomes converted into water vapour, and the higher the temperature, ...
Paul W. Unger, 1984
9
Environmental Ergonomics - The Ergonomics of Human Comfort, ...
Water vapour permeability resistance through clothing material at combinations of temperature and pressure that simulate elevated altitudesq Takako Fukazawaa,*, Yutaka Tochiharab, Teruko Tamurac aResearch Fellow of the Japan Society ...
Yutaka Tochihara, Tadakatsu Ohnaka, 2005
10
Dr. Mark's Magical Science: Novel Experiments About Physical ...
As soon as the hot water vapour leaves the water it starts to cool. This causes it to condense, turning from a hot invisible gas into thousands of tiny droplets of water that together appear as a white, smoky mist or cloud. The water vapour pushes ...
Mark Biddiss, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WATER VAPOUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term water vapour is used in the context of the following news items.
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Saturn's superstorms whipped up by water vapour
Now a team has offered an explanation: the storms are created by the extraordinary behaviour of water vapour in the gas giant's atmosphere, they report in ... «ABC Science Online, Apr 15»
2
Evidence of liquid water found on Mars
Nasa's Curiosity rover has found that water can exist as a liquid near the ... They take the water vapour from the atmosphere and absorb it to produce the brines. «BBC News, Apr 15»
3
Scientists 'map' water vapor in Martian atmosphere
The content of water vapour in the atmosphere reaches a maximum level of 60-70 microns of released water in the northern regions during the summer season. «Phys.Org, Dec 14»
4
Disappearance of geysers from Jupiter's Europa moon leaves …
This was based on observations by the Hubble Space Telescope in December 2013 that saw water vapour being ejected from the moon, lending evidence to ... «Daily Mail, Sep 14»
5
Increasing Levels of Atmospheric Water Vapour Adding to Global …
The increased level of water vapour in the atmosphere is one of the contributing factors to the increase in global temperature, according to a team of researchers ... «International Business Times, India Edition, Jul 14»
6
Rosetta detects water vapour released by target comet
The first observations of water vapour streaming from the comet were made by the Microwave Instrument for Rosetta Orbiter (MIRO) on 6 June, when the ... «Sen - Space exploration network, Jul 14»
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Scientists find presence of water vapour around `hot Jupiter`
Washington: Researchers have made the first detection of water in the ... it orbits the star and establish the presence of water vapour in the planet`s atmosphere. «Zee News, Mar 14»
8
Water vapour spouts from dwarf planet Ceres
The dwarf planet Ceres, one of the most intriguing objects in the solar system, is gushing water vapour from its unusual ice-covered surface, scientists said on ... «CBC.ca, Jan 14»
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Water vapour discovered around dwarf planet Ceres
Sen—The Herschel space observatory has discovered water vapour around Ceres. This is the first unambiguous detection of water vapour around an object in ... «Sen - Space exploration network, Jan 14»
10
Hubble discovers water vapour venting from Jupiter's moon Europa
"The discovery that water vapour is ejected near the south pole strengthens Europa's position as the top candidate for potential habitability," said lead author ... «Hubble Space Telescope at ESA, Dec 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Water vapour [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/water-vapour>. May 2024 ».
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