vapour : Idioms & Phrases

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sodium-vapour lamp

  • noun lamp in which an electric current passed through a tube of sodium vapor makes a yellow light; used is street lighting
    sodium-vapor lamp.
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vapour bath

  • noun a room that can be filled with steam in which people bathe; `vapour bath' is a British term
    vapor bath; steam bath; steam room.
  • noun you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower
    vapor bath; steam bath; Turkish bath.
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vapour density

  • noun the density of a gas relative to the density of hydrogen
    vapor density.
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vapour lock

  • noun a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor)
    vapor lock.
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vapour pressure

  • noun the pressure exerted by a vapor; often understood to mean saturated vapor pressure (the vapor pressure of a vapor in contact with its liquid form)
    vapor pressure.
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water vapour

  • noun water in a vaporous form diffused in the atmosphere but below boiling temperature
    water vapor.
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